Vietnam jails another Facebook userFILE PHOTO: Vietnamese Facebook user Nguyen Ngoc Anh stands between policemen during his trial at a court in Ben Tre province, Vietnam June 6, 2019. A court in Vietnam sentenced another Facebook user, Nguyen Chi Vung, to six years in prison on Tuesday. (Reuters file photo)HANOI: A court in Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison on Tuesday for a series of posts he made on the social media platform that the Southeast Asian country's government said were "anti-state". Facebook said in May it increased the amount of content it restricted access to in Vietnam by more than 500% in the last half of 2018. Last week, police in Ho Chi Minh City arrested freelance journalist and government critic Pham Chi Dung, accused of "anti-state" propaganda.

Source: Bangkok Post November 26, 2019 10:18 UTC