Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc's chief executive, questioning whether the social media platform was helping suppress dissent in the communist country. The open letter to Zuckerberg called Force 47 "state-sponsored trolls" and accused them of exploiting Facebook's community policies and disseminating fake news about the activists. "We appreciate Facebook's efforts in addressing safety and misinformation concerns online in Vietnam and around the world," the activists said. Earlier this month, Vietnamese human rights lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai was jailed for 15 years on the charge he "aimed at overthrowing the people's administration". Facebook had not immediately response to a request for comment on the letter to Zuckerberg.

Source: dna April 10, 2018 05:41 UTC