Google, Facebook, and other internet companies may be required cooperate with Vietnamese authorities in removing content from their sites, based on draft regulations that have been released by the Ministry of Information. Foreign businesses that provide online social networking platforms in Vietnam must “make pledges in writing” to follow local censorship laws and remove information, including that which is against the Vietnamese government, damages “social and national security” or promotes violence, newspaper Thanh Hien News said. The new rules will be considered for approval in June.
[…] tightened its censorship of the Internet as the number of blocked websites have been increasing; Vietnam’s Ministry of Information has released draft legislation which requires international social networking companies to pledge […]
[…] tightened its censorship of the Internet as the number of blocked websites have been increasing; Vietnam’s Ministry of Information has released draft legislation which requires international social networking companies to pledge […]
[…] tightened its censorship of the Internet as the number of blocked websites have been increasing; Vietnam’s Ministry of Information has released draft legislation which requires international social networking companies to pledge […]
[…] tightened its censorship of the Internet as the number of blocked websites have been increasing; Vietnam’s Ministry of Information has released draft legislation which requires international social networking companies to pledge […]