Release: "Internet Filtering in Vietnam"

Yesterday the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) released "Internet Filtering in Vietnam," a country-case study that documents the extent to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam controls the information environment in which its citizens live.

Some key report findings -- * The Socialist Republic of Vietnam filters sites considered threatening to its one-party system. * Similar to China, Vietnam has taken a multi-layered approach to controlling the Internet; Vietnam applies technical controls, the law, and education to restrict its citizens’ access to and use of information. * While Vietnam claims its blocking efforts are aimed at safeguarding the country against obscene or sexually explicit content, most of its filtering efforts are aimed at blocking sites with politically or religiously sensitive material that could undermine Vietnam’s one-party system. 

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