Thailand warns of taking legal action against Facebook, illustration photo/ Source: freepik.com

Bangkok – Thai Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn will seek a court order late this month to close Facebook services in the country, accusing the operator of failing to block fraudulent advertisements that caused huge damage to people.

As reported by Bangkok Post, the minister said that fraudulent advertisements included invitations to investment projects promising unrealistically highly profits with references to well-known people and successful investors, along with the logos of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

There were also advertisements for products that were not delivered or not correctly delivered, Chaiwut said.

There were about 200,000 victims of such fraudulent advertisements on Facebook and their damage exceeded 100 billion THB (2.83 billion USD).