Facebook blocks group critical of Thai monarchy amid government pressure

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticised the country's king, but said it was planning a legal challenge to the government's demand that it block the group. The move comes amid near daily youth-led protests against the government led by the former military junta chief and unprecedented calls for reforms of the monarchy. The "Royalist...