Strict rules enforced for Facebook, TikTok
Hindustan Times Thane|December 26, 2024
New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into force, on Wednesday, in what critics say is the latest attack on freedom of expression.
Agence France-Presse

BANGKOK:

Under "Decree 147", all tech giants operating in Vietnam must verify users' accounts via their phone numbers or Vietnamese identification numbers and store that information alongside their full name and date of birth.

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