
Hanoi (VNA) – The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic
Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) reported that in 2023, it had repeatedly worked with foreign service
providers like Meta (Facebook), Google, Apple and TikTok to prevent toxic information and fake news
from spreading.
Specifically, the authority required these businesses to
seriously cooperate and remove contents that violate Vietnamese law and have
solutions to prevent and remove incorrect and toxic news on the platforms they
provide.
As a result, the response rate for requests
to remove malicious information was maintained at over 90%, and the duration for handling
and blocking violating information was cut down to 3-24 hours.
All three major social networking platforms – Facebook, Google, and TikTok – have applied AI technology to automatically scan, detect,
and handle violating contents as requested by the MIC.
In May 2023, the ministry coordinated with five
relevant ministries and sectors to organise a comprehensive inspection over
TikTok’s operations in Vietnam. On September 29, 2023, it issued a conclusion of the inspection, identifying violations of this social network and requesting relevant agencies to strengthen management of TikTok
Singapore’s cross-border service provision in Vietnam.
In addition, the ministry stepped up the
reception of feedback and verification of fake news by the Vietnam Anti-Fake
News Centre (VAFC), labelled fake news and published correct information in the
mass media. The website Tingia.gov.vn promptly identified a lot of fake and untrue
news and prevented them from spreading.
In addition, the website also coordinated to
block and remove more than 800 gambling links, handled a large volume of reactionary and
malicious information, and carried articles warning about large-scale fraud and
falsehoods.
This year, the Authority of Broadcasting
and Electronic Information continues to connect ministries, sectors and
localities with the VAFC to form a national-scale information processing
network./.