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Vietnam and Facebook – Access or no?

Catching up. Tom Crampton has a nice little piece on Facebook and Vietnam. (Facebook’s Vietnam War) Bottom line, as much as Vietnam would like to be as rigid as China on access to social media sites, it ain’t: As it … Continue reading

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Internet enemies list; No real surprises here

Reporters Without Borders has a great list of governments that are “Enemies of the Internet.” And there are no real surprises. The hostility governments in places such as Burma, China, Cuba exhibit toward freedom of speech, press and expression is … Continue reading

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Vietnam’s Social Media Landscape

Tom Crampton, an old buddy from Hong Kong, a top-notch journalist and now a guy with Ogilvy, posted an interesting piece on the social media landscape in Vietnam. Vietnam’s Social Media Equivalents Bottom line: This is a great look at … Continue reading

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No surprise: Hanoi wants to control info on the Internet

Thanks to a feed from IFEX we continue to see how dictators hate the idea of access to information other than spoon-feed government propaganda. Vietnam is following in the footsteps of China in requiring Internet cafes to install monitoring software … Continue reading

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Vietnam sentences bloggers. Anyone noticing in MSM?

In another example of how dictatorships don’t tolerate dissent, Vietnamese courts sentenced 8 bloggers from two to six in jail on charges of anti-government propaganda. One more blogger got 4 years. From IFEX: Eight bloggers get sentences ranging from two … Continue reading

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