Military goes on web alert

       The Defence Ministry has placed all military units on alert to curb acts of lese majeste in cyberspace and on community radio stations.
       Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has told the armed forces to carry out extensive monitoring of internet and radio content, ministry spokesman Thanathip Sawangsaeng said yesterday.
       Many unauthorised websites and community radio stations had been found to propagate negative opinions which could be seen as a threat to national security and the monarchy, Col Thanathip said.
       He said a Justice Ministry survey had found more than 10,000 sites contained content that offended the monarchy but only about 2,000 of them could be successfully traced and banned.
       The armed forces were asked to report acts of lese majeste to the Public Relations Department and the Information and Communication Technology Ministry.
       Army chief-of-staff and Internal Security Operations Command secretarygeneral Prayuth Chan-ocha sought the cooperation of all army divisions in dealing with lese majeste problems on the internet, an army source said.