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Hanoi Censors ‘Tree of Justice’ Outrage Online
On August 22, 2026, Facebook users in Vietnam found themselves unable to access several pages operated by Vietnamese opposition groups, independent media outlets, and activists abroad. The geo-blocked pages include Viet Tan, Thoibao.de, Nguyen Van Dai, Hue Nhu, and Chan Troi Moi Media.
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Meta Must Pushback on the Vietnamese Government’s Censorship Demands
A joint letter, signed by iInternational NGOs, human rights organizations, and Vietnamese activists, addresses Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the company’s compliance with censorship demands from the Vietnamese government.
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Internet Freedom Campaign
Vital to Vietnam’s development, the Internet has the power to transform Vietnamese society; in many ways it already has. In the absence of an independent media, citizens have turned to the Internet to follow the news and debate national issues.
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Real time online censorship in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government stepped up its online censorship as To Lam — general secretary and president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam — traveled to New York from September 21 to 25, 2024 to address the United Nations Summit of the Future. The former Minister of Public Security also met with world leaders, business groups, and students and faculty at Columbia University, often stressing the importance of adhering to international law to maintain peace and stability.
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Censorship by other means: Case study of Facebook’s community standards in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has traditionally censored the internet by blocking access to foreign-based websites, slowing down internet traffic, and directing technology companies to bar local users from accessing politically sensitive content.
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Facebook helped bring free speech to Vietnam. Now it’s helping stifle it.
When Facebook took off in Vietnam about a decade ago, it was like a “revolution,” said two of the company’s early employees in Asia. For the first time, people across the country could communicate directly about current affairs. Users posted about police abuse and government waste, poking holes in the propaganda of the ruling Communist Party. “It felt like a liberation,” said one of the Facebook employees, “and we were part of it.”
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The Vietnamese military has a troll army and Facebook is its weapon
Force 47 abuses Facebook’s safety tools to silence government critics at home and anywhere in the world. The military-backed group manipulates Facebook’s moderation tools to silence dissenting speech.
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How Vietnam’s state trolls are undermining free speech and democracy
Vietnam has deployed an army of online trolls and cyber troops who are spreading not just disinformation but also conducting vicious hate campaigns against human rights activists and suspected critics of the state. The extent of the operations of these trolls is detailed in a new report released by the human rights watchdog Viet Tan.
