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Vietnam plans 24-hour take-down law for 'illegal' social media content

FILE PHOTO: A Facebook user logs in on his mobile at a cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam on Nov 19, 2020. (Reuters)

HANOI/SINGAPORE: Vietnam is preparing new rules requiring social media firms to take down content it deems illegal within 24 hours, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The planned amendments to current law will cement Vietnam, a $1 billion market for Facebook, as one of the world's most stringent regimes for social media firms and will strengthen the ruling Communist Party's hand as it cracks down on "anti-state" activity.

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