Recently, at the press conference held by the Ministry of Information and Communications on April 6th, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do, Director of the Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information Department, pointed out a series of violations committed by TikTok, including ineffective control measures for content related to politics, anti-Party and State activities, fake news, nonsensical and harmful content, even content that endangers children; using automatic content distribution algorithms to create trends and spread sensational, clickbait content, regardless of its harmful and offensive nature, affecting the community and young people; ineffective control measures to prevent illegal business activities, sales, and advertising of counterfeit goods, imitation products, aphrodisiacs, and unverified functional foods; and ineffective control measures for copyright infringement.
The consequences of these violations create a favorable environment for the spread of fake news, causing economic damage and instability in society; encouraging young people to imitate and follow bad and offensive trends, distorting their perceptions and lifestyles, and damaging the cultural values of the nation. Moreover, they encourage and facilitate illegal business activities and the proliferation of copyrighted content violations.
Therefore, in addition to the solutions that have been implemented, the Ministry of Information and Communications will deploy many measures to require cross-border platforms, including TikTok, to comply with Vietnamese law.
According to the plan, in May 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications will organize an inter-agency inspection team with the participation of relevant ministries and agencies such as Industry and Trade, Culture, Sports and Tourism, Police, General Department of Taxation… to comprehensively inspect the activities of TikTok in Vietnam.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Information and Communications will coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to comprehensively assess the impact of TikTok on the community, especially young people; and collaborate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to manage the e-commerce activities of TikTok Shop in Vietnam.
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Source: Vietnam Insider