The Vietnam decree directs foreign social media companies to verify users accounts with their local phone numbers or official identification cards for those without Vietnamese phone numbers. — AFP
Vietnam is ordering foreign social media platforms to verify the accounts of users and provide their identifies to authorities on demand, a move to tighten the Communist government’s control of social networks.
Foreign social media platforms with an average of 100,000 or more visits a month must abide by the new rules, according to a new decree issued Nov 9. It goes into effect Dec 25. Foreign companies providing cross-border information services to Vietnam will have 90 days to comply, Dan Tri news website reported.
