DES pursues court action against social media accounts
published : 10 Dec 2020 at 04:22 Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) has sent evidence to police to take legal action against social media platforms that fail to remove URLs deemed inappropriate.
DES Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said on Wednesday the ministry has asked the Royal Thai Police s Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) to take action against a total of 496 URLs which violated the Computer Crime Act and security laws between Oct 13 and Dec 4.
Of them, 284 URLs are on Facebook, 81 on YouTube, 130 on Twitter, and the rest on other platforms, the minister said.