Thailand’s DES Ministry plans legal action against Facebook over scam complicity

Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is preparing a legal case seeking the shutdown of Facebook within the country, accusing the social media giant of collusion with fraudulent operators. The ministry alleges that Facebook has been complicit in aiding scammers, who utilised the platform’s sponsored pages to deceive Thai citizens into making investments. The ministry plans to invoke the computer crime law in its case against Facebook and the identified scammers.

According to DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, Facebook’s failure to adequately monitor fraudulent activity on its site, despite pleas for cooperation from the ministry and other related agencies, has led to the current situation. Sponsored pages on Facebook are essentially paid advertisements that are displayed to selected audiences.

The Royal Thai…