THAILAND-FACEBOOK/ (UPDATE 2, PIX):UPDATE 2-Thailand threatens Facebook

Thailand’s digital minister plans to ask a court to shut down Meta Platforms’ Facebook in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy unless it takes action over scams that have affected more than 200,000 people.
Digital Minsiter Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn said “We are asking the court to close Facebook, not allowing it to provide services in Thailand if they let these fake pages scam people,” .
In a statement, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society said it had made repeated requests for advertisements it had identified as scams to be taken down by Facebook but the problem persisted and it would seek court intervention. Meta did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
The ministry said scams perpetrated on Facebook included luring users to invest in fake companies, faking government bodies like the Securities and Exchange Commission and trading in digital currencies.