The press meeting of the Ministry of Information and Communications on August 8 (Photo: Nhan dan Newspaper)The information was released at the MIC’s monthly pressmeeting on August 8.
The MICsaid it held a workshop on August 4 to disseminate its circular that guides theimplementation of the Government’s Decree No 71/2022,which amends and supplements some articles of Decree No 06/2016 on themanagement, supply, and use of radio and television broadcasting services,including the articles on the management of cultural products on cross-borderplatforms.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen, Deputy Director of the MIC’sAuthority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, noted that over the pastyears, the MIC has worked to make cross-border social networks comply withVietnamese law and remove harmful, wrong, and negative information that hasadverse impacts on society.
Such social networks as Facebook, Google, and TikTok haveactively coordinated with authorities to remove violating information oncerequested, she said, elaborating that from July 1 to 24, Facebook blocked andremoved over 220 posts of misinformation aimed at sabotaging the Party, theState, brands, individuals, and organisations (equivalent to 90% of therequests), Google 1,052 violating videos on YouTube (91%), and TikTok 19 linksspreading false information or negative content (90%).
Responding to a question about the settlement of some socialmedia videos adversely affecting young people recently, Huyen said basing onreports by the press and on social networks, authorities will assess whether ornot those videos break legal rules. If those videos are found to be fake and commit wrongdoings, they will be handled in line with regulations.
The official also called on press agencies to boostcoordination with authorities to discover, assess, condemn, and give warningsabout the social media contents with negative effects on users./.
VNA
