Facebook has blocked users in Thailand from accessing a video that shows the country's king strolling through a German shopping mall wearing a crop-top revealing his distinctive tattoos, accompanied by one of his mistresses.The social media titan blocked the video, not because it's obscene or infringes on its own terms and conditions, but because Thailand's government deems it insulting to the king and in violation of the country's laws banning criticism of the monarchy."When governments believe something on the internet violates their laws, they may contact companies like Facebook and ask us to restrict access to that content," a Facebook spokesperson told VICE News in an emailed statement.The geo-blocking of the otherwise banal video highlights Facebook's increasingly difficult position in attempts to grow its business abroad, often in countries whose strict local laws run counter to the company's own stated goal of creating a more "open and connected" world.Continue reading on VICE NEWS.