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[Simon Vasconcelos]

Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy

Government ranking 153 out of 178 in press freedom index first to welcome country-specific censoring of tweets
Thailand has become the first government to publicly endorse Twitter's controversial decision to censor messages in certain countries.
Twitter announced last week it would permit country-specific censorship of content that could violate local laws, prompting debate worldwide over freedom of speech.
Thailand has some of the toughest censorship laws in the world, ranking it 153 out of 178 in Reporters Without Borders' 2011 Press Freedom Index. Thailand's lese-majeste regulations inhibit defamatory, insulting or threatening comments about the royal family, which are punishable by up to 15 years in prison, but under Thailand's 2007 computer crimes act prosecutors have been able to increase sentences.

[donay mendonça]

Opção:

''...ranking 153 out of 178 in press freedom...''
"...na posição 153 entre os 178 existentes no que diz respeito à liberdade de imprensa.''