A screen capture of part of the Bangkok Post page on Facebook on Tuesday at noon Bangkok time. (Bangkok Post photo)BANGKOK -- The Facebook social media site was still available in Thailand on Tuesday after concerns arose that authorities would shut it down if Facebook did not take down content deemed threatening to national security. Thailand's telecoms regulator said last week it would give Facebook Thailand until Tuesday to take down 131 web addresses with content deemed threatening to security or which violated strict lese majeste laws. The threat prompted a flurry of concern in the Southeast Asian country - one of the most Facebook-active countries in Asia - that Facebook would be blocked. Last month Thailand also banned its citizens from making any online contact with three vocal critics of the monarchy.

Source: Bangkok Post May 16, 2017 04:52 UTC