{"id":110775,"date":"2025-01-02T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/?p=110775"},"modified":"2025-01-02T13:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:26:05","slug":"critics-decry-vietnams-draconian-new-internet-law-vietnam-the-guardian-i-am-honestly-wondering-what-getyoti-thinks-of-how-digital-id-is-being-used-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/article\/110775","title":{"rendered":"Critics decry Vietnam\u2019s \u2018draconian\u2019 new internet law | Vietnam | The Guardian | \u2026I am honestly wondering what @getyoti thinks of how Digital ID is being used in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Social media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermine expression and expose anonymous dissidents<br \/><br \/>The law, which comes into force on Christmas Day, will compel tech companies operating in Vietnam to store user data, provide it to authorities on request, and remove content the government regards as \u201cillegal\u201d within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Decree 147, as it is known, builds on a 2018 cybersecurity law that was sharply criticised by the US, EU and internet freedom advocates who said it mimics China\u2019s repressive internet censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam\u2019s hardline administration generally moves swiftly to stamp out dissent and arrest critics, especially those who find an audience on social media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/23\/vietnam-identity-verification-internet-law-reactions-decree-147-censorship\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/23\/vietnam-identity-verification-internet-law-reactions-decree-147-censorship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>previously:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, it gets better: GoBubbleWrap (a partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/getyoti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@getyoti<\/a>, apparently) is used in Vietnam, and they are proud of this.<br><br>No problems there, then? Definitely only used for &quot;good&quot;?<br><br>cc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grahamstuart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@grahamstuart<\/a> MP, Minister for Exports.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IfORlGobM2\">https:\/\/t.co\/IfORlGobM2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDaJ43iFrU\">pic.twitter.com\/FDaJ43iFrU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecMuffett\/status\/1401658602910330880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermine expression and expose anonymous dissidents The law, which comes into force on Christmas Day, will compel tech companies operating in Vietnam to store user data, provide it to authorities on request, and remove content the government regards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[516,756,2163,2162],"class_list":["post-110775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-age-verification","tag-censorship","tag-digital-id","tag-vietnam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110799,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110775\/revisions\/110799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}