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Vietnam Pressures Social Media Platforms to Censor

Linh Äan

   When security forces raided the village of Dong Tam early last year,
   Vietnamese blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang livestreamed an interview with a
   woman whose 3-year-old child was exposed to tear gas.

   Hang used social media to report on the raid -- part of a longstanding
   land dispute. But the blogger's posts were quickly removed from
   Facebook and YouTube and a few hours later, she was arrested. Hang was
   detained for eight hours and questioned about her posts.

   The arrest wasn't a first for [1]Hang, who had served three years in
   prison for "causing public disorder." But along with the arrest, Hang
   lost access to her social media accounts.

   "I was locked out of [Facebook] on and off for a total of nine months
   and any sub-accounts I created were shut down," Hang told VOA. The
   blogger said her posts that were deleted over the past two years were
   critical of the government or about arrests.

References

   1. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/24/vietnam-activists-face-trial-bogus-traffic-offense

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