Thailand to press charges against Facebook if ‘illicit’ video of king not taken down

‘Thai authorities have issued a warning to Facebook Thailand to remove all “illicit” content which they say violates the country’s law, including a video of the king wearing a crop top, as well as posts critical of the monarchy, by next Tuesday.
Last week, Facebook blocked users located in Thailand from accessing footage of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. A video captured the 64-year-old ruler wearing a yellow crop top that exposes numerous tattoos on his arms, stomach, and back. The monarch can be seen walking around a shopping mall with a young woman.
Although Facebook has already complied with the Thai government’s request and restricted access to 178 of the 309 pages with the “illicit” video, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) claims that there are still 131 pages available. The company has been given a deadline of 10am local time next Tuesday morning to remove the remainder.’
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Top Thai human rights lawyer faces 150 years in prison for ‘royal insult’
‘A prominent Thai human rights lawyers faces 150 years behind bars for allegedly insulting the country’s royal family, according to local watchdog Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
Lawyer Prawet Prapanukul, 57, gave legal assistance to political opposition body the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship in cases linked with the political unrest of 2010, and was also a legal counsel in a major royal insult case.
Prawet was detained during a raid on his home on April 29, and for several days human rights activists expressed concern over the lawyer’s whereabouts.
On Wednesday, however, Prawet appeared in a Bangkok court, standing trial on 10 counts of insulting the monarchy. “That works out to up to 150 years in prison if he is found guilty,” Anon Nampha of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights told Reuters.’
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