Thailand Temporarily Blocks Facebook, Seeks Its Cooperation Along With That Of Instagram, Twitter

Facebook was temporarily blocked in Thailand Wednesday in the wake of unrest following a military coup in the country, but although the social network was restored, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social networks are not out of the woods yet, according to a Reuters report.

ThailandFlag650Facebook was temporarily blocked in Thailand Wednesday in the wake of unrest following a military coup in the country, but although the social network was restored, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social networks are not out of the woods yet, according to a Reuters report.

Surachai Srisaracam, permanent secretary of Thailand’s Information Communications Technology Ministry confirmed to Reuters that Facebook was blocked for about 30 minutes Wednesday afternoon to quell online criticism of events in the country, adding:

We have blocked Facebook temporarily, and tomorrow we will call a meeting with other social media, like Twitter and Instagram, to ask for cooperation from them.

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