The proposal regarding the closure of Facebook (Meta) in Thailand could be introduced by the end of August.
Thailand’s Minister of Digital Economy and Society said he might propose to the court to close Meta to aid the investing of financial scams, including such involving cryptocurrencies.
According to him, some fraudsters use the social media platform to sponsor their fraudulent schemes and thus con victims.The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society of Thailand has detected that scammers publish fake ads on popular social platforms, such as Meta, to deceive people into investing and later drain their funds. The lawmakers have also noticed that wrongdoers often use the image of well-known figures to display their schemes as more trustworthy.
“DES is in the process of compiling evidence from offenders on the Facebook platform to send the court to close Facebook by the end of this month and ask the court to order the closure of the Facebook region within seven days by Facebook’s offense,” the politician
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