Thailand’s Digital Minister Seeking Court Order to Shut Down Facebook over Fake Ads and Scams

[Skipalongcassidy]

39 minutes ago, jippytum said:

Its true many people sre conned with fake ads and facebook do nothing to correct the problem. 

If they are can't protect the subscribers then a ban would be in order until facebook take some action to protect people from the hundreds of scammers currently  on facebook. 

Begs the question... is it facebook or the scammers who should be taken down... as usual in Thailand it's the inanimate object not the person who is at fault.

[2baht]

2 minutes ago, DjSilver said:

Well,  we all know that Thai politicians have never been known for being smart ????????????

...................but they all seem to end up rich beyond their wildest dreams??? 

[Thaddee]

33 minutes ago, SportRider said:

It would be interesting to know if there are proportionally more scam victims in Thailand than in other countries, and if so, what might be the reason?

Because Thai people are gullible. They believe in ghosts, evil and good spirits, lottery numbers. Then, if someone speaks with authority they believe

[Ben Zioner]

37 minutes ago, fdimike said:

Facebook is a useless gossip platform that provides no redeeming value.  Ban it now!

Your post makes me think of another social medium I have started using occasionally.

[ChipButty]

14 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

Use Instagram

owned by FB 

[MangoKorat]

3 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Or finally find a reason to get off there phones and revolt against this dictatorship controlling everyone's lives.

Great idea: Rise up and use your pitch forks against this murderous dictatorship (they only have a few F5's and F16 aircraft, VT4 Tanks, T84 Tanks, M60 Tanks + various other armour and equipment - nothing a few molotofs and ricebombs can't take care of).

 

Yes, rise up Somchai, rise up and take back what's yours.

 

Not gonna happen pal, Thailand has very little that would entice anyone with the cash to arm the masses. Any serious rebellion would be put down immediately. I agree that banning Facebook is likely to create mass protests but a revolt? Naa.

[arick]

16 hours ago, AAArdvark said:

Many farmers hurting

 

16 hours ago, LALes said:

Nothing in Pattaya for about a month.  Hot as sh#t too.

 

16 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

It is difficult to answer your statement/question with a yes or no so I am going with a maybe simply because the future is not here yet but still in the future if it was here one could simply say yes/no because one would know the answer already but if you hold some of your dry grass in the air and let it go you could see where the wind is blowing from and no matter what we are all screwed already we just don't know it yet.

 

8 hours ago, Sigmund said:

Yes, only the local networks are permitted to cheat everbody in Thailand and not those awful farang networks. So next step will be to ban Google and Apple also ?

How would all the Thai scammers premote their scams 

[NORDO]

I don’t care for the FB site, however rather than trying shut it down, find a way to tax it’s users or pay a user fee in Thailand.

 

They could always get Interpol involved, however it did not work for the Red Bull Brat, so little chance it would discourage freckle face.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Imagine that no Facebook? what would thai people do? the country would grind to a halt, 

road traffic accidents would drop by 50%

[2baht]

52 minutes ago, jippytum said:

If they are can't protect the subscribers then a ban would be in order until facebook take some action to protect people from the hundreds of scammers currently  on facebook. 

I don't think Zuckerberg gives a toss!

[MrJ2U]

1 minute ago, MangoKorat said:

Not gonna happen pal,

I'm not your pal.

 

You sound like the typical Russian.

 

Not a clue on how things work in Thailand.

 

 

[1duckyboy]

"That threat was over website links providing incorrect “misinformation” according to the government that Thailand demanded to be removed."

 

Did the government want correct "misinformation" then?

[bluemoon58]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

incorrect “misinformation”

Bit of a misnomer there... Should it not be either "incorrect Information" or just "misinformation" only?

[arick]

10 hours ago, cowellandrew said:

I could send you some it's not stopped raining here for the past 3 months, my thai wife has to cycle to work through it, Manchester UK

I like warm rain 25c not 1c.

[sammieuk1]

Like the way fake ads and military junta are used in the same sentence but its only important to ban Facebook priceless  ???? 

[retarius]

Good move shut this rubbish down. You want Thais dumbed down even further, allow FB to continue here. You want a chance of improvement, shut it down, shut it down.

[lor]

A few years ago Facebook could not be connected to from Thailand for about 25 minutes. People went crazy! I dread to think what would happen if it was permanent. Then the government will really see what it is to have the population turn against you.

[MangoKorat]

17 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

I'm not your pal.

 

You sound like the typical Russian.

 

Not a clue on how things work in Thailand.

 

 

About as far from being Russian as is possible and I know exactly how things work in Thailand.

Firstly, its unlikely that this guy will get the courts to ban Facebook. Secondly, if he does, there will be some protests but anything more serious will be put down brutally.

 

I was in Ratchaprasong on the skywalk in May 2010, I've seen what happens when the Thai Army calls time on demonstrations and riots first hand - have you?

Edited August 21, 2023 by MangoKorat

[BritManToo]

8 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Obviously this guy and his cohorts have no clue of what it means to be a "caretaker" official, especially when it comes to this kind of a major, controversial move.

 

You wanna see a rebellion in Thailand, just try taking away their Facebook. ????

 

He's right though,

The sponsored ads that are obvious scams are just allowed to run by FB and something should be done about them.

[ChipButty]

Close Facebook down does that mean Instagram and what's app? 

[2baht]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

They'll survive with Tik-Tok

Better to give the data to China! 

[klauskunkel]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

providing incorrect “misinformation” according to the government

Yes, "incorrect misinformation" can bite you in the behind real quick since it's actually "correct information"

[keithkarmann]

Have to include Lazada as well?

[klauskunkel]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chaiwat said complaints against users being scammed on Facebook to police were regular and that as Facebook was not taking action on their end

A big part of the scams is Thais using the culturally and educationally ingrained behaviors like blind, unquestioning obedience to perceived authority to take advantage of other Thais. Yet the government has not taken action on their end to foster critical thinking in society...

[2baht]

45 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Or finally find a reason to get off there phones and revolt against this dictatorship controlling everyone's lives. 

Oh come on, the weather is very hot now and it rains some days! What's for lunch? ????

[flexomike]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

In a late afternoon press conference on Monday, August 21st, 2023, Thailand’s Caretaker Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwat Thanakamanusorn stated that his ministry is planning to seek a court order to shut down Facebook in Thailand for allegedly failing to take action on numerous scams, frauds, and fake ads created by users.

 

The Minister stated that the Digital Ministry has tried numerous times to work with Facebook on removing and taking action against scammers using its platform but claimed the company had not taken any meaningful action.

 

Chaiwat said there have been over 200,000 victims of fraud on Facebook from various ads, fake marketplace scams, and other fraud. This totalled over ten billion baht in financial damages to users affected. Chaiwat said complaints against users being scammed on Facebook to police were regular and that as Facebook was not taking action on their end, according to him, Thailand planned to seek a court order to legally shutter the service, joining countries like China and North Korea.

 

This is not the first time Thailand has threatened to ban Facebook, as a similar threat took place in May of 2017 by the then Military Junta led by Prayut Chan-O’-Cha. That threat was over website links providing incorrect “misinformation” according to the government that Thailand demanded to be removed.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/08/21/thailands-digital-minister-seeking-court-order-to-shut-down-facebook-in-thailand-over-fake-ads-and-scams/

 

-- The Pattaya News 2023-08-21

 

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What a f'ing joke, just like China and North Korea - 555

 

[SoilSpoil]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Imagine that no Facebook? what would thai people do? the country would grind to a halt, 

Seen how much business is conductrd tnrough Facebook groups, it would indeed. 

[flexomike]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

It's Facebook group admin who are too lazy to review posts, i see scams every day and report them. I hear sponsored ads may be fake, that's down to Facebook 

you need to get a life

[2baht]

31 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Yes, rise up Somchai, rise up and take back what's yours.

 

No, You, there's rain on the way! I'm hungry!

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, fdimike said:

Facebook is a useless gossip platform that provides no redeeming value.  Ban it now!

People INTERACT on it, not gossip. And I've found it very useful in my business for being able to contact people. I've also been able to use it to contact old friends and to video chat with people I know, including family. The fact that you, clearly, have no idea how to reap the benefits of it doesn't mean that it isn't useful to billions of others. There are reasons so many use it, even if you are unable to see them.