A Facebook post made blogger Bui Van Thuan the latest target of Vietnam's tightening grip on the internet, as online censorship across Asia alarms human rights groups.
abc.net.au/news/social-media-crackdown-asia/101820820During the COVID-19 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticise a government plan to use soldiers to deliver groceries to people confined to their homes in Ho Chi Minh City.Human rights groups are concerned "digital repression" could have serious consequencesDays later, he was arrested.
The charge is increasingly applied to online content as the state exerts greater control over the internet, according to human rights groups. 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.
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