Thailand
Blocks Facebook to
Silence Coup Protests
Thailand's military has blocked
Facebook in hopes of quieting
Protests against the
coup d'etat it declared last week.
The country's information tech**logy ministry an**unced the block on Wednesday after reports that users were **t able to access their
Facebook accounts. Initially, authorities
said it was a technical glitch, but Surachai Srisaracam, the permanent secretary of the Information and Communications Tech**logy Ministry told
Reuters that the block is deliberate
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"We have blocked
Facebook temporarily," he said. "Right **w there's a campaign to ask for people to stage
Protests against the army so we need to ask for cooperation from social media to help us stop the spread of critical messages about the coup"
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