UP AND DOWN: A man checking his Facebook on his smartphone with a message reading "error loading news feed" in Bangkok on May 28, 2014. Facebook users in coup-rattled Thailand reacted with alarm when they were suddenly unable to access the popular social networking site, but the junta quickly denied imposing a block.
BANGKOK: Thai Facebook users were alarmed on Wednesday when the Information Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry blocked access to the site at the request of the military, but the junta blamed the brief shutdown on a technical problem.
Tweets, e-mail and instant messenger traffic went into overdrive as confused users rushed to find out what had happened to Facebook, a site used by millions of Thais but inaccessible for about 30 minutes in the afternoon.
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