Bangkok - Thailand's information technology ministry had blocked the social networking site Facebook on Wednesday ( 28/5 ) local time . Facebook blocked to prevent anti-government protest military ruling the country the white elephant .
In addition to Facebook , television stations such as the BBC and CNN also has blocked the broadcast . Ministry of Information Technology plans to discuss with the management of social networking sites in addition to Facebook and asked them to remove the protest against the government ." We have blocked Facebook for a while and tomorrow we will be called for a meeting with other social media such as Twitter and Instagram , to ask for their cooperation , " said Surachai Srisaracam , IT Minister of Thailand .
" Currently , there is a campaign asking people to protest against the army so we need to ask for the cooperation of social media to help us stop it , " he added , as quoted by Reuters on Friday ( 30/05/2014 ) .Facebook 's closure inevitably sparked protests from its users , amounting to quite a lot in Thailand . They include a cast criticism via Twitter . According to estimates , there are approximately 30 million Facebook members in Thailand .
Fortunately , it only lasts Facebook closure is not too long . On Wednesday afternoon , the site founded by Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly can be accessed again as usual .
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