Facebook Blocked In Thailand To Prevent Anti Army Protest
But just minutes later users celebrated: “Facebook is back!!” The military regime which seized power on May 22 said it had not pulled the plug on the site. “We have not ordered a block of Facebook — it’s not our policy,” said army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree. “Facebook experienced a slight technical failure and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology is working to fix it now,” he said. But some users were unconvinced, speculating that it could have been a trial run for a possible blackout in the future, or a warning shot to social media users not to criticise the coup....