Vietnam urges firms to stop advertising on YouTube and Facebook
Communist country is increasing pressure on advertisers to try to get Google to remove 'toxic' content
A picture illustration shows a YouTube logo reflected in a person's eye June 18, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS
Vietnam on Thursday called on all companies doing business in the country to stop advertising on YouTube, Facebook and other social media until they find a way to halt the publication of "toxic" anti-government information.
The communist country is putting increasing pressure on advertisers to try to get YouTube owner Google and other companies to remove content from foreign-based dissidents.
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"Today we call on all Vietnamese firms that are advertising not to abet them to take advertising money from firms to use against the Vietnamese government," Information and Communication Minister Truong Minh Tuan told a meeting in Hanoi.
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"We also call on all internet users to raise their voice to Google and Facebook to prevent toxic, fake content violating Vietnamese law in the online environment."
The communist country is putting increasing pressure on advertisers to try to get YouTube owner Google and other companies to remove content from foreign-based dissidents.
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"Today we call on all Vietnamese firms that are advertising not to abet them to take advertising money from firms to use against the Vietnamese government," Information and Communication Minister Truong Minh Tuan told a meeting in Hanoi.
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"We also call on all internet users to raise their voice to Google and Facebook to prevent toxic, fake content violating Vietnamese law in the online environment."