Tag Archives: Vietnam
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
Filed under Asia, Censorship, Freedom of access, Freedom of Information
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
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
Filed under Asia, Story Ideas
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
Filed under Asia, Freedom of access, International News Coverage, Press Freedom
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
Filed under International News Coverage, Press Freedom
