Tag: Facebook

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…

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…

Vietnam state trolls attack on April 30th

Every year, around April 30th (the date of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War), Viet…

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…

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…

Open letter calling on Facebook to “unfriend” harmful social networks in Vietnam

Facebook has revolutionized how we consume, create, and share information. But it has also increasingly become a tool to suppress…

#StopVNtrolls – Combatting Force 47 and Cyber Censorship

In a new report titled “#StopVNtrolls — Combatting Force 47 and Cyber Censorship”, Viet Tan exposes the harmful networks that…

Harmful network targets Vietnamese civil society: Facebook must take action

Starting around October 20, a sophisticated network of fake Facebook accounts have inundated the comment section of well known Vietnamese…

Open Letter to Facebook: Don’t Give in to Censorship in Vietnam

Open Letter to Facebook on World Press Freedom Day 2019: Don’t Give in to Censorship in Vietnam May 3, 2019…

Hanoi’s “Cybersecurity” Law

Viet Tan brings you the latest analysis on pressing issues in Vietnam. Due to come into effect on January 1, 2019,…

AN OPEN LETTER TO MARK ZUCKERBERG: The World’s Freedom of Expression is in Your Hands

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: What do the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a Danish member of parliament, and a news anchor from…

Vietnam keeps throwing people in jail for their Facebook posts

David Gilbert | September 28, 2018 Vietnam sent a stern warning to dissidents this week: criticize the government online and…