Facebook just blocked access to its platform within Thailand to a Group consisting of 1 million members that had been criticizing Thailand's king. The group had been protesting daily against the Thai government, hence the government's order to Facebook to block the group.
The group was officially named Royalist Marketplace and was formed in April by a self-exiled academic and critic of the monarchy named Pavin Chachavalpongpun.
The group's page on Facebook had a message for it on Monday, that read "Access to this group has been restricted within Thailand pursuant to a legal request from the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society.".
Pavin responded saying that Facebook had bowed to the pressure from the military-dominant government. He complained that the group is part of a democratization process and is a space for freedom of expression.
According to Pavin, Facebook's move to block the group shows that the company is ''cooperating with the authoritarian regime to obstruct democracy and cultivating authoritarianism in Thailand.".
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