
TikTok Vietnam says it’s ready for ‘harmful’ content probe
The Vietnamese government is gearing up to launch an inspection of TikTok over concerns of “harmful” content and misinformation. Bring it on, says TikTok. Read more…
The Vietnamese government is gearing up to launch an inspection of TikTok over concerns of “harmful” content and misinformation. Bring it on, says TikTok. Read more…
India plans to require social media platforms to remove content that’s been “fact-checked” and deemed false by the government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB). Read more…
Vietnam prepares new rules to limit which social media accounts can post news-related content to establish a legal basis for controlling news dissemination. Read more…
Twitter asks an Indian court to overturn government orders to remove content in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Read more…
Some tech savvy North Korean mobile users are managing to jailbreak their smartphones to circumvent tight government controls: report. Read more…
Vietnam is preparing new rules requiring social media firms to take down content it deems illegal within 24 hours: sources. Read more…
China has lifted a nine-month freeze on gaming licences after companies made major adjustments to their business practices. Read more…
India has banned 22 YouTube channels for disinformation on subjects concerning national security and public order. Read more…
Social media platforms working to police content related to the war in Ukraine may also be inadvertently helping to cover up war crimes. Read more…
China’s CAC said its campaign to “clean up” cyberspace had achieved positive results, and that “online chaos” had been effectively curbed. Read more…
Moscow ramps up efforts to control the Ukraine narrative as Meta and Google put restrictions on Russia’s state-controlled media outlets. Read more…
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, says Roskomnadzor. Read more…
Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India by demand of the government on grounds that users were posting content aiming to incite violence. Read more…
India is planning to develop content guidelines for OTT video streaming platforms following controversy over Prime Video’s series ‘Tandav’. Read more…
The number of political prisoners from online activism in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty Int. Read more…
ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020. Read more…
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma after former employee says he was wrongfully fired over censorship issue. Read more…
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Facebook’s servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to censor anti-state posts Read more…
India is deliberating potential censorship on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, a senior government source claims. Read more…
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