Censors in Thailand have lifted their blanket ban on YouTube videos after five months.The ban was imposed because the video sharing service was seen to be carrying material that insulted the country's King Bhumibol.
Thai information and communications minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom announced the lifting of the ban, saying that the company had installed filters that would prevent Thai people from accessing anti-royal videos.
Such videos will still be available to users outside of the country, he added.
Commenting on the new arrangement, he said: "Any clip that we think is illegal, we will inform YouTube and YouTube will have a look independently."
"If YouTube agrees that it is illegal for Thailand or against Thai culture, they will block it from viewers in Thailand."
The ban, which became effective in April of this year, was imposed after a number of clips were posted on the site that the government claimed were offensive to the king.
One of the clips showed him with clown makeup painted on his face and an image of feet shown above his head (a gesture which causes great offence in Thai culture).
Earlier this year, the Google-owned company announced that it is set to launch a system designed to prevent copyright infringing material from being posted on its website.
The system, which is expected to be operational some time this month, will screen content in order to ensure legal safeguards.
