Illustrative image (Photo: genk.vn)Le Quang Tu Do, head of the MIC’s Authority of Broadcastingand Electronic Information, said that the probe will last until the end of May.
The ministry had sent a dispatch to relevant ministries andsectors requesting them to send personnel to join the inspection team, Dostated, adding that the MIC will have comprehensive assessment of impacts andinfluences of the cross-border platform on the community, especially youngpeople.
TikTok, along with its Chinese counterpart Douyin, is a short-formvideo hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
Vietnam currently ranks 6th among the 10 countries with thelargest number of TikTok users in the world. In February, there were about49.9 million people using TikTok in Vietnam, according to DataReportal.
Ministry of Information and Communications's press conference on May 5 (Photo: VNA)First, TikTok failed to handle violations in content relatedto politics, hostile activities against the Party and Government, fake news, andharmful contents.
Secondly, TikTok used an automated algorithm to create trendsand spread content for views, regardless of its offensive content, which has anegative impact on the community and youth.
Thirdly, it lacked effective measures to prevent the sale ofcounterfeit goods, illicit drugs and supplements with unknown origins.
Fourthly, this short-form video platform failed to manage theactivities of TikTok idols, many of whom create inappropriate content toattract viewers’ curiosity. For example, some TikTok idols have recentlycreated unsuitable online challenges, in which the more shocking and offensivethe content is, the more gifts or money they receive. TikTok receives 70% ofthe total revenue from such challenges.
Fifthly, non-copyrighted content has been rampant on thisplatform without any effective prevention measures from TikTok. And
Sixthly, TikTok has no effective measures to prevent usersfrom using someone else’s private and personal images to spread fake news ordefame and insult others./.
VNA
