Vietnam warns TikTok, social media apps over ‘toxic’ content


HANOI, April 8 (Bloomberg): Vietnam’s communications ministry said TikTok isn’t doing enough to remove toxic and false content and warned that the government could soon take measures to restrict operations of the popular social media platform and others seen as violating national laws.

Poor management and oversight has led to the spread of "fake news” and "deviant” and "anti-government” content on TikTok, "threatening and corrupting the country’s culture and morals,” Le Quang Tu Do, the director of Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting, Television, and Electronic Information - a part of the ministry - told reporters on Thursday.

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