Social Media Giants Buckle to Viet Censors

Tale of two “Vietnam lists” on Facebook

By: Nguyễn Vũ

In November, Vietnam’s social media erupted with a story that Lại Đắc Tuấn, a member of Vietnam’s security forces and an aide to President Lương Cường, was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel staff member by a Chilean court during the president’s trip to Chile, a story completely “ignored” by the state-controlled domestic media. Tuấn w…