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The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission [official website] of Thailand on Thursday ordered Facebook Thailand [official website] to remove a video of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and other posts by Tuesday or face legal action. The video claims to show the king in casual dress showing his tattoos and walking with a woman. The video was deemed illicit by the NBTC and ordered removed [Bangkok Post reports] from the social media site. Facebook has said[VICE report] it plans to comply with the request.
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