BANGKOK, THAILAND: Facebookers in Thailand have got to be careful while posting or reacting to messages.
A minister has warned them against 'liking' the posts that might be offensive to the monarchy. They can be prosecuted under the country's strict lèse-majesté laws.
This came two days after 60-year-old Amphon Tangnoppaku was sentenced to 20 years jail for sending sending text messages considered insulting to the queen.
The court said Amphon sent offensive text messages in May 2010 to a personal secretary of then-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
A report in the Bangkok Post quoted the information technology minister's statement asking Facebookers to delete all their reactions and comments to any matter related to the monarchy.
"If they don't delete them, they can end up violating the computer crime act for indirectly distributing inappropriate content," inuits said.
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