{"id":3116,"date":"2024-05-27T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/th-ix.net\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:04:27","slug":"thailand-ix-welcomes-meta-and-bytedance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/th-ix.net\/en\/thailand-ix-welcomes-meta-and-bytedance\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand IX Prouds to be a Part of Connecting Thais Together with Our Latest Peering Members: Meta Platform and ByteDance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TikTok from ByteDance, and social media pltforms from Meta, including Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Threads by Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, social media has become one of the most popular services on the planet. Every day, millions of people share, interact, or explore new opportunities on those platforms. With the demands of seamless connections to those services, it became clear that the Internet infrastructure needs to be evolved with the goal to provide better services for everyone. That is why Thailand IX is genuinely excited to welcome Meta Platform and ByteDance, the homes of the most popular social media platforms, Facebook and TikTok, accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The Generation of Social Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Social media undeniably becomes a part of our lives, from sharing your life events through statuses, posting short-form viral or informational contents, sharing your stories in real-time, chatting or video conferencing with your relatives, or selling goods by livestreaming, creating new and excited opportunities for millions of people around the world at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the resounding growth of social media platforms across the world in a variety of use cases, it also creates a challenge for the Internet infrastructures for transmitting data within seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the data from GWI and Kepios (via DataReportal in collaboration with We Are Social and Meltwater, pages 109 and 114<\/a>) in October of last year, Thailand having one of the highest concentration rates of social media users per capita across the world. Moreover, the data also suggested that Thais spend at least 2 hours and 24 minutes per day on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n