The Thai authorities have admitted that they blocked websites and Facebook pages of the anti-establishment red shirts to prevent them from broadcasting the anti-junta protest at the UN.
According to Matichon Online, Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the spokesperson of the Prime Minister's Office under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and PM, on Saturday, 26 September 2015, said that the Thai authorities blocked the red-shirt websites and social networks to prevent them from broadcasting live the anti-junta protest before the UN 70th General Assembly in New York, US.
Gen Sansern mentioned that he did not know which state agencies ordered the blocking of the red-shirt websites, but it was probably done by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) to prevent conflict and instability.
On Saturday 11 am local time in New York, a group of 50-60 anti-junta Thais gathered in front of the UN headquarters in New York City to protest against the Thai junta leader while he was attending the UN meeting along with 134 leaders of member countries.