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Vietnam Gets Tougher on YouTube as Citizens See Anti-Government Content

Ralph Jennings

   TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Vietnam is squelching YouTube's business activity
   after the service posted thousands of videos that the government
   considers inaccurate, offensive to the Communist leadership or a
   mechanism to lure children to gangs, official media and tech industry
   sources say.

   Parent company Google has tried to shut down about 8,000 YouTube videos
   as ordered, but YouTube software doesn't go far enough to remove
   others, state-controlled news outlet VnExpress International reported
   Wednesday. About 55,000 videos with "toxic, illegal" content remain on
   the site, the report says, citing the Authority of Broadcasting and
   Electronic Information.

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