World: Vietnam to ban Tik-Tok due to increase offensive content
World: Vietnam to ban Tik-Tok due to increase offensive content (image credits google)

Hanoi, Vietnam: After significant countries worldwide have banned Tik Tok, Vietnam may be the next to ban the Chinese video-sharing app if it does not remove offensive, false, toxic and superstitious content from it, reported VN Express as per the Information Ministries of Vietnam.

On Thursday, the Deputy Minister of Information and Communication of Vietnam, Nguyen Thanh Lam, said that the nation’s law has provisions and regulations to ensure cybersecurity, which is not limited to banning or removing such apps.

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On his part, Le Quang Tu Do, the head of the Broadcasting and Electric Information Authority, has stated that authorities have various valuable tools, such as economic, diplomatic and technical, to take action against international platforms.

Furthermore, according to the reports of VN Express, the cutting of money flows with the social media platforms cut off from the advertisers, e-commerce, and banks comes under the provision of Economic measures.

On the other hand, the government of Vietnam can block the domains and servers of the apps on the technical aspect if they do not follow the instruction of removing disturbing and violating content off the platform at the authorities’ request.

On Tuesday, the Head of Broadcasting and Electric Information Authority, Le Quang Tu Do, also pointed out the nation will be inspected Tik Tok which will begin next month, to tackle the harmful content and false information. He added that the app has been showing harmful, false and offensive content lately in the country.

The Communication Ministry will inspect to ensure that the platform follows the nation’s regulations in operations and content aspects, said VP Express. Do added that the platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Tik Tok are all cross-border social media with international standards.

He added that all social media platforms must follow the laws and regulations of Vietnam when entering the nation. The regulations include various policies such as content management, commercial policies, tax and payment policies.

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