Facebook down across Thailand – reports

[mania]

This would in fact bring a lot of Thai condemnation because so many Thai

businesses use FB as their website

[Rob8891]

A suggestion for you, if you are blocked ...log on to the internet with Mozilla Firefox and download the Hola VPN add on (a freebie). Then you can log on as if you were in the USA , UK, or wherever, Facebook (inter alia) works quite happily then.

[Mango Bob]

My facebook is ok. No problem now was before.

[alocacoc]

still down for me. Pattaya, 3bb

[firestar]

Back up but is the FB "chat" GONE for anybody else?

[bkkjames]

Big headline...but i think we will survive.

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[newcomer71]

For everyone cheering a possible block of FB, please remember that companies use it also as a media for publicize their business and communication with customers, it's not only for selfies with soldiers and food.

[AlphMichaels]

Down now!! Glad I got in my So long - Farewell message before it went down.

[mania]

A suggestion for you, if you are blocked ...log on to the internet with Mozilla Firefox and download the Hola VPN add on (a freebie). Then you can log on as if you were in the USA , UK, or wherever, Facebook (inter alia) works quite happily then.

That does work but be prepared to answer a question like what is your

birthday when FB sees you are logging on from a different location.

Hahah had a problem with that as I used some random date when I setup FB

Now it is back up I went in & changed that to something I will remember

But also FB immediately notified me someone tried to log on from the US & was it me.

Pretty good security from them I guess

[cms22]

working fine here (in BKK)

[wxpwzrd]

This was clearly a DNS issue. Google DNS always worked. Facebook the site was never blocked. TRUE DNS didn't have the entry. Facebook TTL is two minutes plus time to discover the problem, fix the problem and distribute the record.

Now, the question becomes stupidity, test, or blundered test. Proper blocking would never involve just a DNS entry.

[retell]

Down in mukdahan , could acces my page but no new newsfeeds

[thaijett]

No joy in Pattaya Fb wise

[dereklev]

I think certain ISPs have blocked it maybe the rest will follow. I can still acces FB in Korat using True Move H.

[coma]

Had some troubles earlier but all good now.

[uptheos]

It seems to be back up now but without the chat facility. Best part of this was that there were far less idiots commenting on TV posts on FB

Chat is working for me TOT CM

[HerbalEd]

Here in Bang Saray my FB just went down at approx. 4:54 pm. Bummer. It's the main way I communicate my situation in Thailand to friends and family ... many of whom are worried about my safety during this coup.

[craig]

Facebook went down here in Huay Yai, south of Pattaya....it just came back...

[dotpoom]

My oh my....whatever shall we do now. When the family go out to dinner tonight we might actually have to talk to each other.....horror of all horrors!

[alocacoc]

just back up.

[happysanook]

Facebook with 3BB Lamphun is down. Just a guess that this is some sort of Facebook DNS or data center issue. Could of course be wrong. They have blocked and shutdown several websites a week or so back

http://www.techinasia.com/martial-law-sites-shutdown-social-media-watched/

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) commissioner insists this is not censorship. “This is to ask for cooperation to monitor content which may affect peace and order. THIS IS NOT CENSORSHIP AT ALL, but a blockade of only content or websites which may contravene to public morality and cause conflict and unrest and threat to national security,” the commissioner told media on Wednesday after a meeting between the censorship body and 105 Thai ISPs.

Read more: Under martial law, Thailand will shut down some websites and monitor social media http://www.techinasia.com/martial-law-sites-shutdown-social-media-watched/

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) commissioner insists this is not censorship. “This is to ask for cooperation to monitor content which may affect peace and order. THIS IS NOT CENSORSHIP AT ALL, but a blockade of only content or websites which may contravene to public morality and cause conflict and unrest and threat to national security,” the commissioner told media on Wednesday after a meeting between the censorship body and 105 Thai ISPs.

Read more: Under martial law, Thailand will shut down some websites and monitor social media http://www.techinasia.com/martial-law-sites-shutdown-social-media-watched/

[star kicker]

on the plus side with no facebook to distract them the workforce might actually get some work done.

a bold move to improve production and great for the economy

[Deli]

it's working perfectly in Phang Nga, though I wouldn't miss it… But do miss some TV channels

[lildragon]

I stopped using it because of all the nauseum but taking away a tool of free speech is pretty damn bad.

The selfies and self-indulgence aspect is a different kettle of fish altogether

[Tywais]

While facebook is a major distraction in the workplace, it is also a necessary tool for my job. I use it to recruit workers, particularly expats here in Bangkok. So, as you are expressing your joy as to its unavailability, just remember that some expats and some thais are probably losing the opportunity to obtain beneficial employment due to the outage.

I agree. I admit for a long time I thought it had no purpose in my life like many but I now belong to several research groups doing collaboration via FB and now happy to have it.

[jeanpierre]

What's a Facebook???

a police mens note book

[mania]

It seems to be back up now but without the chat facility. Best part of this was that there were far less idiots commenting on TV posts on FB

Chat is working for me TOT CM

Yes was down even after FB came back

But seems fine now

[webfact]

NCPO denies blocking Facebook

BANGKOK: -- Following outcries by many Facebook users, the National Council for Peace and Order promptly denied that it has a plan to block Thais' access to the most popular social network.

Col Sirichan Ngathong, deputy spokeswoman of the NCPO, said the junta assigned the online media monitoring committee of the Information and Communications Technology Ministry investigate why the services were inaccessible.

She said the committee found that technical glitch at a main gateway linking Thailand's Internet to Facebook servers abroad caused the services to be inaccessible in many parts of the country.

Sirichan said the ICT committee had held an urgent meeting with the Internet service providers and expected that services would resume before 5 pm.

The services resumed at around 4:40 pm.

NCPO deputy spokesman Col Winthai Sivari went on TV at 4:55 pm to announce that the technical error at the gateway was the cause of the problem.

Many people found out at about 3 pm that they could not access their Facebook pages, leading to speculation that the social network was blocked because it was used as a main medium to organise protests against the junta.


-- The Nation 2014-05-28

[gaurang]

fb was down here in bangkok , minburi on dtac , but now is working

[whooshbang]

just remember that some expats and some thais are probably losing the opportunity to obtain beneficial employment due to the outage.

Because there's really no other way to find a job.