Vietnamese police said that the messaging app has not complied with the country’s regulation to notify authorities before offering services, which went into effect on January 1 this year, in addition to harmful content distribution.
HÀ NỘI — Telecom and internet service providers in Việt Nam have been requested to block the messaging app Telegram using technical measures, the Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) have announced.
The VNTA said that it has received an official document from the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control (also known as A05, under the Ministry of Public Security) regarding Telegram operations in Việt Nam.
Up to 68 per cent of 9,600 Telegram channels and groups in Việt Nam contain harmful content, according to A05.
The police agency also said that many of these groups, with tens of thousands of participants, were created by reactionary or anti-government forces to distribute subversive documents. Scams, illegal sales of user data and drugs and suspected terrorism cases have been reported.
Are they going to block Facebook?
I think it’s because a lot more criminals use Telegram than other platforms like Facebook.
