Facebook’s reported compliance with the Vietnamese government’s censorship requests does not set an encouraging precedent. The practice is likely to encourage authoritarian regimes as more repressive governments may adopt similar strategies against the tech giant.
As protests in Thailand gain momentum, harsh laws and censorship have restricted citizens from engaging in meaningful political discourse. However, mounting protest campaigns on social media are putting the government on the defensive.
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailSoutheast Asians use Facebook more than any other social media platform, connecting people and information in a way the historically-restricted region has never dealt with…