US lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc not to comply with a Vietnam cybersecurity law that requires storing domestic users’ data in the country, if doing so allows the government to “improperly” seize the information.
The law, which goes into effect Jan 1, also requires foreign Internet companies to open local offices and bans the use of social networks to organise anti-state activities, spread false information or create difficulties for authorities.
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