Specifically, Facebook removed 2,549 posts, 12 accounts, and 54 advertising pages; YouTube removed 6,101 videos and 7 channels; TikTok removed 415 links and 149 violating accounts.

For cross-border platforms, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information synthesizes measures to maintain a high rate of blocking and removing harmful content. Since 2017, the cooperation and response rate of platforms have continuously improved. In particular, in the first 6 months of this year, the response rate was the highest (over 90%), with the most removals ever.

Along with that, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information effectively implemented a new process in handling bad and toxic information in special situations that affect national security. The time to process violating content is faster, under 12 hours; combining human resources and artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms to scan, block, and remove violating content...

Ministry of Information and Communications conducts comprehensive inspection of TikTok Vietnam.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) also conducted a comprehensive inspection of TikTok Vietnam, and this is the first time a cross-border platform has been inspected with inter-sectoral coordination. TikTok admitted to the violations... It is expected that in July 2023, the violations of this social network will be announced.

In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications requires platforms not to enable monetization for pages and channels with illegal content to prevent advertising revenue from supporting pages and channels that violate the law; OTTs providing on-demand content services must comply with the provisions of Decree No. 71 and the revised Cinema Law. As a result, Netflix has applied for business registration in Vietnam; 5 OTTs have applied to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to provide online movies.

In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications has also requested five TV manufacturers not to install OTT apps that provide content without permission in Vietnam on the screen or controller. This is an effective measure to force Netflix and other platforms to comply with the law.

The Ministry of Information and Communications also requested 5 TV manufacturers (Samsung, TCL, LG, Casper, Sony) not to pre-install OTTs that provide unlicensed on-demand content and to have a roadmap to remove shortcuts of these applications from the TV controller...

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