The watchdogs of Thailand’s internet say they are abandoning efforts to access Thai users’ social media accounts on international platforms such as Facebook.
After announcing representatives would travel to Singapore and Japan to ask for cooperation from companies such as Facebook, Google and Line, police Gen. Pisit Paoin said such plans were canceled.
“The planned visit to the major social network sites has created a false public sentiment,” he said, according to Bangkok Post.
Gen. Pisit is advising the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology on the junta’s campaign for greater authority over Internet use.
Instead of seeking the cooperation of international service providers, authorities seem to have changed tactics. Instead they will build their own social network for Thais to use and build a new gateway they can control for all traffic coming in and out of Thailand.
They plan to do this in within two months.
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