Technology Report - Social Media Limits in Vietnam Criticized

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activists and human rights groups are criticizing an order that requires and social media sites in Vietnam to share personal information only. order aims to ban social media users and bloggers from posting information such as news stories. Local media reports say the decree that such sites are not permitted to quote, gather or summarize from press organizations or government websitesPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved 72 in JulyInternet activists say this is an attempt by the government to restrict freedom of speech. Rights groups say the decree's are too broad and will be used to act against government . Others criticized a statement by Le Nam Thang, the deputy minister information and communications. State media reported him as saying that the aims to help Web users find correct and clean information on Internet. But one blogger says that is a matter of personal . She says people should be able to decide for themselves whether is good or bad. And she says Vietnamese citizens do not the government to teach them on how to think. The decree out very broad categories of speech that officials could consider as . It includes warnings about information that is "against Vietnam" or undermines principles. Shawn Crispin is the Southeast Asia representative for the Committee Protect Journalists, or CPJ. He says the increased restrictions suggest that government thinks it has lost control of the criticism that is widespread on social media. For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal

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