{"id":14402,"date":"2020-10-20T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=14402"},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:32:05","slug":"thailand-orders-isps-to-block-telegram-amid-ongoing-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/thailand-orders-isps-to-block-telegram-amid-ongoing-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand orders ISPs to block Telegram amid ongoing protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai users of Telegram will soon need a VPN to access the increasingly popular messaging app. The government of Thailand has ordered Thai internet service providers (ISPs) to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service. This news comes to us from a leaked government document that was sent from Thailand\u2019s digital economy ministry to the country\u2019s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. The government is also making moves against four media outlets that are accused of promoting the protests. Thai protesters have defied orders not to demonstrate for several days in a row. A lot of the organization of these protests is happening on Telegram, and thus the current Thai government seeks to ban Telegram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to this leaked document that is marked \u201cTop Secret\u201d, the Thai government has ordered all internet providers to block the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@telegram<\/a> messaging app. This follows news that the anti-government protest organisers were using the app to communicate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thailand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thailand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A19%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0e21\u0e47\u0e2d\u0e1a19\u0e15\u0e38\u0e25\u0e32<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kax7yS10Et\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kax7yS10Et<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Barrow in Thailand ???? (@RichardBarrow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardBarrow\/status\/1318086670076424192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The document reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Ministry of Digital Economy and Society is seeking your co-operation to inform the Internet Service Providers and all mobile network operators to suspend the use of Telegram app.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Those on the ground in Thailand have noted that Telegram is still working as of now. However, it\u2019s unclear how long it will take for ISPs and mobile data providers to start blocking Telegram IP addresses. It\u2019s also possible that some of the countermeasures set up by Telegram have been effective in keeping Telegram up for the Thai.<\/p>\n<h2>Telegram bans are easily circumventable by VPN use<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/thailand-orders-restaurants-and-internet-cafes-offering-public-wifi-to-log-your-internet-history\/\">Thailand<\/a> isn\u2019t the first country to attempt to block Telegram. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/russias-telegram-ban-is-a-fiasco-and-its-rendering-millions-of-ip-addresses-inaccessible\/\">Russia<\/a> also battled with blocking Telegram for many years, but eventually threw in the towel earlier this year. The blocking of specific software or websites is increasingly being used to suppress genuine political discourse in countries around the world. Telegram\u2019s founder Pavel Durov has specifically pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/pavel-durov-a-vpn-does-bypass-russias-telegram-ban\/\">VPNs as a way to circumvent Telegram bans<\/a>. However, some countries go even further than shutting down specific services or websites.<\/p>\n<p>In some regions such as India\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/india-keeps-shutting-internet-12-million-plus-jammu-kashmir\/\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a>, the authorities go even further and shut down the entire internet because they feel that will stop the protests. In almost all instances where governments shut down internet access as a whole or towards specific services, the backlash absolutely outweighs the benefits. As these pro-democracy protests rage on in Thailand \u2013 and elsewhere in the world \u2013 we are seeing these desperate, struggling flails of authoritarian regimes which seek to stifle the freedom of speech and freedom of expression of supposedly free constituents. Despite this, the internet is resilient and treats censorship as damage and routes around it. If the Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society thinks that banning Telegram will stop Democracy, they\u2019ve got another think coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai users of Telegram will soon need a VPN to access the increasingly popular messaging app. The government of Thailand has ordered Thai internet service providers (ISPs) to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service. 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