TECHNOLOGY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH & CENSORSHIPFacebook told to remove posts or face charges11/05/2017Suchit Leesa-nguansukAuthorities have given Facebook until Tuesday morning to remove the 131 remaining posts that a Thai court ordered to be removed or face legal action. LEGAL ACTION AGAINST FACEBOOK THAILAND THREATENEDMr Takorn said DE would be the main agency to press charges if the deadline was not met. The legal action would first be against Facebook Thailand and its partners, he said. LEGAL DIFFICULTY OF SUEING TO REMOVE FACEBOOK CONTENTIf the government took legal action against Facebook Thailand for violating the Thai court order and the computer crime act, they had to make sure that Facebook Thailand was a full branch office of Facebook Inc. "Forcing local ISPs to handle illegal content is not practical as they do not have the full capability to monitor and remove content.

Source: Bangkok Post May 12, 2017 03:59 UTC