YouTube Inc. is working with government officials in Thailand to
reinstate access to the popular video-sharing Web site after officials
blocked it because of a video that ridiculed the country's popular
king.
The incident has sparked widespread indignation in
Thailand, where the crime of lèse-majesté, or offending the monarchy,
is taken seriously. Last week, a 57-year old Swiss national in Thailand
was given a 10-year jail sentence for defacing posters of the king with
spray paint. Read more