This is quite an interesting story and it seems it will continue to remain the same for a long period of time. If you don't know what I am talking about, let me present you the entire soap-opera so far: a long time ago it was reported that YouTube was banned in Thailand due to several clips published on its official page that insulted the country's king. Because the Thai authorities are extremely cautious when it comes to insults concerning their country, the online video sharing server was requested to remove the clips in order to become available again. Although it was quite a common demand, YouTube refused to do so, mentioning that the videos are not infringing their guidelines.

Instead of blocking the access to the selected clips, the Thai government banned the entire service, making YouTube inaccessible for a long period of time. However, the folks from the Googleplex decided to remove some clips in order to remove the ban. This is the moment when the speculations began. The authorities said there was no ban but the unavailability of the service was caused by a server glitch. Although it was reported that YouTube became available to the Thai users, many of them said they are still unable to access the online video sharing service.

Today, Google Blogoscoped informs us that YouTube is again unblocked in Thailand as one of the registered members are sustaining he's able to access the video platform. "Various sites are reporting that part of the reason for the 'unblocking' is that YouTube offered to help the government block access to specific video clips considered offensive to the nation's monarch, Bhumibol Adulyadej. This way, the logic goes, Thailand's internet censors would not be compelled to block the entire YouTube domain," Xeni Jardins wrote according to Google Blogoscoped.

But some of the readers are simply disagreeing with this statement, saying that YouTube is still banned by the largest country's ISPs. "I live in Thailand (Pattaya to be exact) but I still can't connect to YouTube," Matthew wrote on the Google Blogoscoped forum. "Me too, I live in Thailand (Chiang Mai) using MaxNet and still can't connect to YouTube," Yohanes Nugroho added.

So, what's the truth? Is YouTube banned or not in Thailand? Until the folks from the Googleplex decide to provide an official statement, you won't have the answer.