On the afternoon of November 7, delegate Tao Van Giot (Lai Chau delegation) questioned the Minister of Information and Communications (MIC) about solutions to handle the advertising of health protection foods that have not been assessed.
He said that recently, there has been a situation where social networking sites such as Zalo, Facebook, Tiktok, Youtube or websites with servers abroad have advertised health protection foods that have not been assessed, and the advertising content is not correct.
Delegate Tao Van Giot questioned.
In fact, advertising food as medicine uses the names of agencies such as health, cutting and pasting images of VTV, the Ministry of Health and hospitals;
Using feedback from patients and celebrities to advertise foods that have therapeutic effects is still quite common and complicated, causing confusion and damage to consumers, especially people in rural areas, ethnic minority areas, and areas with little information.
"I would like to request the Minister to provide a solution to handle this issue fundamentally and long-term in accordance with the spirit of Resolution 75 of 2022, 4th session, 15th National Assembly?", delegate Tao Van Giot asked.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung answers questions.
Responding to questions, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that regarding the issue of false advertising of functional foods and drugs in cyberspace, these advertisements are basically carried out on social networks.
Therefore, the authorities have reached a mechanism to work with these social networks to remove false information, false advertising, and toxic information. This issue has been institutionalized in legal documents, including the responsibility of social networks and the time for removal.
According to the Minister, currently, the implementation of State management requirements on removing false information on social networks is being carried out very seriously.
“The problem is to detect and report to resolve. Whichever ministry or locality manages something must move to cyberspace and carry out management of that field on cyberspace.
If implementation is difficult, there will be support from two core ministries, the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Public Security. But the main task must still be the specialized ministries. Talking about drugs and functional foods, which is right, which is wrong, whether the advertising is right or wrong, is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health," said Minister Nguyen Manh Hung.
The Minister said that currently, ministries, branches and localities "have not been on cyberspace much" and consider this the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications or the Ministry of Public Security.
“I think this perception needs to change. I really hope that we can define the responsibilities of our ministries, branches, and localities in the real world and then in cyberspace. If you encounter any difficulties in removing bad, toxic, and untrue information, please send an official dispatch to the Ministry of Information and Communications, we are ready to support you," said the Minister .
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