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FACEBOOK yesterday officially launched its dating service in Thailand as the first market in Asia and second in the world for the new offering.

Around 30 people on Friday filed complaints with police that they were deceived into transferring over Bt40 million to a woman who promised to sell them bargain gold ornaments.

A NATIONAL rights commissioner yesterday criticised the arrest of 10 Facebook users who shared content regarding a rape claim posted on a controversial FB page, saying the move would certainly intimidate people from expressing different views.

A former Facebook executive admitted that he feels “tremendous guilt” over his work at the social networking service that he said was “ripping apart the social fabric of how society works”.

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Saturday rebuked Thaksin Shinawatra for his latest Facebook post yesterday, and said the former premier should refrain from crying foul and distorting facts.

Former police chief Somyot Poompanmoung on Wednesday filed a police complaint against a Facebook page that accused him of jointly investing with a politician in a new casino on the Thailand-Cambodia border near Buri Ram province.

Opponents of charter draft say they should get equal opportunity.

KEY Pheu Thai Party politician Watana Muangsook yesterday denied charges in court connected with his Facebook criticism of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

Latest survey includes FB and Twitter; print media found to be most popular.