Vietnam’s authorities last month said they had tightened regulations to deal with “false” content on social media platforms — so that it must be taken down within 24 hours — making the Southeast Asian nation one of the world’s +
HO CHI MINH CITY/BANGKOK — During the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticize a government plan to use soldiers to deliver groceries to people confined to their homes in Ho Chi Minh City. Days later, he was arrested.
“They have passed a raft of legislations to that end, and are deploying the state machinery to go after people online, forcing content moderation and removal decisions on platforms, using cyber trolls and by controlling internet access,” he said. The rising “digital repression” has serious consequences for fundamental rights including freedom of expression, access to information and privacy, “particularly for people living under authoritarian regimes,” it said in its annual report.
Its new criminal code has also tightened controls on so-called “fake news” and insulting the president online. Digital rights groups Access Now and Article 19 said in a statement that the short time-frame for removal is “draconian” and “places unreasonable time pressures on platforms to respond, incentivizing them to err on the side of caution”.
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