Tech giants face action over URLsTwitter and YouTube should also face legal action if they continued to keep open URLs deemed inappropriate, according to the Digital Economy and Society Ministry. (Bangkok Post photo)The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry will on Thursday submit more evidence to police to take legal action against social media platforms that do not obey the law and remove URLs deemed inappropriate. He said the DES would also ask the Criminal Court to reject Facebook's appeal not to close down its 17 URLs. Meanwhile, Putchapong Nodthaisong, deputy permanent secretary for the DES Ministry, told the Bangkok Post that YouTube and Twitter should also face legal action if they continued to keep open URLs deemed inappropriate. The DES ministry is also considering legal action against Twitter user Tom Yutherleart for changing his handle to try to mislead people into thinking it was an official MDES account.

Source: Bangkok Post September 21, 2020 22:52 UTC