Illustrative image (Source: Internet)Hanoi (VNA) – The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information underthe Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has uncovered a number of lawviolations by the social networking site Facebook, including its failure toremove fanpages with content of subversive activities against Vietnam whenrequested.
Accordingto the authority, Facebook also allows accounts to sell and advertise illegal productsand services; while allowing subscribers to pay to spread wrongful information,as well as information smearing organisations, individuals, and businesses.
Headof the authority Nguyen Thanh Lam said that such companies like Facebook andGoogle have always applied tricks to avoid and delay the thoroughimplementation of requests from authorised agencies to abide by the law ofVietnam.
Facebookcommits to nothing on paper, which shows its ignorance of rules of cooperationwith State agencies when doing business and supplying services in Vietnam.Therepresentatives it sends to Vietnam are not those who can make decisions, saidLam.
Meanwhile,head of the Department of Large-Scale Business Taxing Management under theGeneral Department of Taxation Nguyen Van Phung said that Facebook’s violationscause losses in two tax resources.
Heclarified that online traders have not made tax declarations, while Facebook itselfhas yet to pay tax for the amount of money that it receives from individualsusing its advertisement services.
Accordingto the Vietnam National Telecommunications Administration’s initial statistics,there are currently eight firms – including Viettel, VNPT, and FPT – allowingFacebook’s direct connections and nearly 900 servers in Vietnam.
Notably,in contracts signed with Vietnamese telecommunications companies, Facebookgives no items committing to allowing regulations of Vietnam’s law, he noted,stressing that this is a loophole enabling the social network to continuecommitting law violations.
Inorder to deal with the case, management agencies will continue gatheringevidence of Facebook’s violations, requesting the firm to abide by the law andasking it to add commitments to follow Vietnam’s law in its deals withVietnamese firms.
Atthe same time, Facebook has been requested to coordinate with relevant agenciesin managing payment and taxation activities on trade transaction andadvertisement in Vietnam.
Technicalmeasures will also be applied when necessary if Facebook takes no positive steps.–VNA
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