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The Guardian - UK
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Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Lock up the kids alert: GTA shelved in Thailand

Hot (ish) on the heels of the parliamentary report on the scary interweb comes some ammo for the reactionary brigade: the BBC's reporting that Thailand has taken copies of GTA IV off the shelves after a kid who killed a taxi driver says it was his inspiration. The reports quotes a police captain: "He wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game." Expect this to get some traction.

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