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Vietnam To Require 24-hour Take-Down For 'False' Social Media Content (reuters.com) 43

Vietnam's information minister said on Friday authorities had tightened regulations to deal with "false" content on social media platforms so that it must be taken down within 24 hours instead of 48 hours previously. From a report: The new rules will enshrine Vietnam's position as one of the world's most stringently controlled regimes for social media firms and will strengthen the ruling Communist Party's hand as it cracks down on "anti-state" activity. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung told parliament there was risk that "false news, if it is handled in a slow manner, will spread very widely." Reuters had previously reported government plans to bring in the new regulations, as well rules so that very sensitive information has to be taken down within three hours. Most governments do not have laws imposing the taking down of content on social media firms, but Vietnam's move comes amid intensifying crackdowns in some parts of the world on online content.
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Vietnam To Require 24-hour Take-Down For 'False' Social Media Content

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  • At least in Vietnam, if the Party says it's false then it's false. Makes things so much simpler.
  • He will refuse. Let them try to firewall/block Twitter and they will fail (VPNs). Check and mate.
  • And they will use the tools.
    There's nothing stopping an AK47 from shooting a russian.

  • Being able to hide last minute negative news about your favorite political candidates is an awesome benefit, just have to be able to control the person who decides what is "false" for today!

    • Being able to hide last minute negative news about your favorite political candidates is an awesome benefit, just have to be able to control the person who decides what is "false" for today!

      Honestly, one has to believe that Orwell would look at the 21st Century, and go "IT WAS A WARNING, NOT A HOW-TO, FOOLS".

  • ...while trying to keep your citizens productive. Authoritarianism without control of information flow is ultimately doomed. China, Iran, Russia, and a bevvy of also-rans invest a significant amount of effort to control the message, and each teeters on the brink of a revolution or remains in 19th century infrastructure.

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