Thai critical content

Facebook misses Thai deadline to remove critical content

The social media giant had been given until 10:00 local time (04:00 GMT) to remove 131 pages that Thailand said violated its strict lese-majeste laws.

More than 100 people have been charged under the law since the military coup three years ago.

Authorities had threatened legal action and a complete shutdown of Facebook.

Thais are among the biggest users of Facebook in Asia, with thousands of small businesses here relying on it as their main marketing tool.