Vietnam Moves To Block Telegram App (reuters.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/23/1040226/vietnam-moves-to-block-telegram-app
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/vietnam-acts-block-messaging-app-telegram-government-document-seen-by-reuters-2025-05-23/
> Vietnam's technology ministry has instructed telecommunication service providers to [1]block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its users, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters.
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> The document, dated May 21 and signed by the deputy head of the telecom department at the technology ministry, ordered telecommunication companies to take measures to block Telegram and report on them to the ministry by June 2.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/vietnam-acts-block-messaging-app-telegram-government-document-seen-by-reuters-2025-05-23/
Fraud haven (Score:1)
Telegram, in my experience, is one of the worst fraud havens on the planet - and that assessment has been confirmed by independent reports. I don't know what they can do about that without breaking their business model, but in general social media providers like Facebook could do *a lot* more to prevent and discourage all sorts of fraud including advance fee fraud and vicitimization of the elderly on their services. The government could as well, especially since CALEA was passed, which gives them awesome a
Re: (Score:2)
The rest of the world does not exist to take care of you. Stop telling others how to run their business and you will find the world is a better place.
um ok, (Score:2)
who?
Re: um ok, (Score:2)
Fish sauce? Sambal oelek? Spring rolls? You bombed them for years? Vietnam? Hello!!
Canary in the coal mine (Score:3)
If a platform enables systemic crime, refuses legal cooperation, and undermines justice, the state is not only permitted to act, it is ethically obligated to.
Good (Score:1)
Its just for scams and to push russian propaganda anyway
Re: Good (Score:3)
Thankfully we have access to the truth here in the democratic West. Have you heard that Palestinian babies have this unfortunate tendency to throw themselves in front of democratic bullets? So sad.
Now, the OTHER GUYS, they shoot kids! Not like us.