March 12, 2014
Vietnam: Targeting bloggers
Reporters sans frontières 03.12.2014 Ministry of Information and Communications Internet regulation is the ministry’s prerogative. The office in charge of the task is the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information. The ministry prepares and proposes laws that allow authorities to justify to the international community prosecutions of bloggers and cyber-dissidents. In order to avoid submitting […]
August 15, 2014
Vietnam Pro-government Abuse Reports Lock Activists out of Facebook
by Nhan Quyen • Dinh Nhat Uy, Nguyen Huu Vinh JB, Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa), Nguyen Van Dai, Pham Thanh Nghien
by [rollinglinks]Vu Quoc Ngu[/rollinglinks], Aug 14, 2014 Defend the Defenders In recent days, over a hundred of online activists in Vietnam and other countries could not log on to their accounts due to “report abuse,” which may have been conducted by paid supporters of the Vietnamese government. Among victims are well-known activist bloggers Me Nam, […]