Thailand is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the legitimacy of the advertisements it runs, which has led to hundreds of thousands of people falling victim to financial scams.
Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, minister of Digital Economy and Society, said the government is ready to go to court by the end of the month in a move that could see the social media platform shut down in the country.
“We are asking the court to close Facebook, not allowing it to provide services in Thailand if they let these fake pages scam people,” Thanakamanusorn told Reuters.
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