DES blocks 5k offensive sites

Almost five, 000 web addresses happen to be blocked for running illegal content, which includes lese majeste and pornography, says the particular Ministry of Digital Economy and Community (DES).

In the first nine months of this calendar year, the ministry obstructed 4, 735 Web addresses on 183 court orders, according to the KKLK.

The particular blocked web addresses include six types of lawful violations: lese majeste (1, 816 URLs), online gambling (1, 507 URLs), wrong acts (1, 119 URLs), pornorgraphy (219 URLs), sales of e-cigarettes (58 URLs) and overpriced on the web lottery sales (17 URLs).

The data was released in the wake of statement by the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau associated with 2, 330 situations of technology crime from Dec 22, 2020 to Aug 31 this year.

The highest quantity of online technology criminal offenses involved online betting and trans-border crimes (670 cases), accompanied by financial fraud (579 cases), and the spread of fake information (483 cases).

The government seemed to be pushing for laws and regulations to be passed to allow authorities to act swiftly against widespread criminal offenses including the opening of proxy bank accounts.

In the meantime, the anti-money laundering law was being amended to standardise its adjustment, especially with regards to dealing with proxy bank accounts. The particular bill is being vetted by the Council associated with State.