YOUTUBE is likely to remove all video clips deemed insulting to Thailand"s king, a government official said Thursday, paving the way to the ban on the website being lifted. The popular video-sharing site, owned by internet giant Google, has been blocked to Thai users since early April, when clips showing digitally-altered images of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej began appearing. Asked whether Google would remove the clips, Vissanu Meeyo, a spokesman for the information ministry, said: "It is likely."
He was responding to reports on the Bangkok Post newspaper"s website that the information minister has received a letter from Google"s vice president vowing to delete all clips considered offensive to the monarch. Mr Vissanu told AFP that information minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudoom would hold a press conference on Friday to disclose the details.