“TikTok has no effective control measures over content which violates politics, against party and state, fake news, toxic content,” Do told reporters. Head of Vietnam’s Radio, TV and Electronic Information Le Quang Tu Do said the information department would organise an “inter-ministerial” inspection of the company in May. It was fined in the United Kingdom this week and banned from official devices in Australia. The app already faces growing pressure from Western governments over fears that user data could be used or abused by Chinese officials. It removed 1.7 million videos at the Vietnamese government’s request in the fourth quarter of last year, as they were deemed to be in violation of government policies, according to company data. TikTok has an estimated 50 million users in Vietnam, according to data from research firm DataReporter cited by the government. The communist state has strict curbs on freedom of expression, often cracking down on government critics who find an audience on social media apps.
Vietnam will probe TikTok for “toxic content” hosted by the hugely popular video-sharing app founded by Chinese entrepreneurs.
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