Human Rights Watch: Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
NEW YORK, April 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Facebook has bowed to pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global policies, Human Rights Watch said. The decision increases the likelihood of other content restrictions in the future.
According to a detailed account by Reuters citing sources within Facebook, in recent months the government of Vietn . . .
Facebook has bowed to pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global policies, Human Rights Watch said. The decision increases the likelihood of other content restrictions in the future.
According to a detailed account by Reuters citing sources within Facebook, in recent months the government of Vietn . . .