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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…

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…

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…