Posted on 11/19/2020 6:17:53 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HANOI - Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters.
Facebook complied with a government request in April to significantly increase its censorship of “anti-state” posts for local users, but Vietnam asked the company again in August to step up its restrictions of critical posts, the official said.
“We made an agreement in April. Facebook has upheld our end of the agreement, and we expected the government of Vietnam to do the same,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the subject.
“They have come back to us and sought to get us to increase the volume of content that we’re restricting in Vietnam. We’ve told them no. That request came with some threats about what might happen if we didn’t.”
The official said the threats included shutting down Facebook altogether in Vietnam, a major market for the social media company where it earns revenue of nearly $1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the numbers.
Facebook has faced mounting pressure from governments over its content policies, including threats of new regulations and fines. But it has avoided a ban in all but the few places where it has never been allowed to operate, such as China.
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My give-a-s*** meter is broken.
Fakebook should die.
The difference between the comunist regime of vietnam, and the USA, is that in vietnam they don’t try to hide their totalitarian fascism.
Wouldn't that cover it?
Communist Vietnam should claim they're being run by Democrats and the spirit of McCain. Then FacePlant will block criticism of them.
Hanoi Jane is conflicted. Vietnam isn’t supporting censorship, thought control, and Leftism.
Vietnam wants more censorship.
If it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform.
Looks like communism is starting to take an a$$ kicking all over the world they find out the new world order has the power now.
And the new world order is in the cross hairs of the freedom fighters one shot takes all.
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