Thailand: Announced MDES confirmation on removal of 1,276 URLs of illegal content by social media platforms following court orders

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Announced MDES confirmation on removal of 1,276 URLs of illegal content by social media platforms following court orders

On 26 August 2020, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) confirmed the removal of 1,276 URLs of illegal content by social media platforms following court orders. In addition, 1,024 new notifications have been sent to platforms, includin…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2020-08-26
in force

On 26 August 2020, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) confirmed the removal of 1,27…