A spokeswoman for Facebook said it had faced additional pressure from Vietnam to censor more content in recent months. Facebook has long faced criticism from rights groups for being too compliant with government censorship requests. Vietnam has tried to launch home-grown social media networks to compete with Facebook, but none has reached any meaningful level of popularity. The Facebook official said the company had not seen an exodus of Vietnamese users to the local platforms. "Facebook is prioritising profits in Vietnam, and failing to respect human rights".

Source: bd News24 November 20, 2020 02:03 UTC