Australia's teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers
World 18:12 19/06/2025When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person's age to the month - but she still doubts it will work.
US to screen social media of foreign students for anti-American content
World 09:14 19/06/2025Foreigners seeking to study in the United States will be required to make public their social media profiles to allow screening for anti-American content under new State Department guidelines released Wednesday.
Ho Chi Minh City unveils software for social media data collection, analysis
Vietnam News 11:00 28/02/2024Ho Chi Minh City currently boasts about 22 million social network accounts
Instagram-ready: Vietnamese influencer teaches art of posing
Travel 14:10 08/03/2021Pham Kieu Ly, who has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok, set up the $130 course in Hanoi after women began asking her how to look their best in photos, largely for social media
Central Vietnamese province mulls local social media platform
Vietnam News 11:10 15/01/2021It is envisaged to reach the popularity of Facebook and Zalo
Vietnam to crack down on nonsensical, sensational videos
Vietnam Life 18:35 11/10/2020Earlier, local media reported intensively on the rise of clickbait videos
Facebook ramps up efforts to curb 'hateful content' in ads
World 12:50 27/06/2020Coca-Cola, a major force in global advertising, said it would suspend ads on social media for at least 30 days
Multinational fraud ring arrested for social media scam targeting Vietnamese
Vietnam News 17:44 10/06/2020The ring is led by Dalaxy Dave, a Nigerian currently living in Cambodia
Draft decree requires social media networks to apply for license in Vietnam
Vietnam News 22:42 05/05/2020Social media networks with one million or more monthly active users may need a license to operate in the country
Vietnam introduces hefty fines for spreading fake news
Vietnam News 18:10 05/02/2020The new decree will take effect on April 15, 2020
Vietnam pop star Son Tung M-TP to build own social networking site in 2020
Vietnam News 11:19 20/12/2019The new social networking site is called Skysocial, targeting members of Son Tung M-TP’s fandom
Vietnam's bumpy road to development of social network able to compete with Facebook
Vietnam News 17:27 25/08/2019Will Vietnam’s latest social network Lotus succeed where (almost) all else have failed?
