TechnologyVietnam to block ads on 'toxic' online content in further crackdown
State's blacklist may affect Facebook and YouTube users as well as TikTok stars
The communist government will also introduce a whitelist of sites that are safe for ads in early 2023. (Source photos by Getty Images and Ken Kobayashi)
LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer
December 9, 2022 12:01 JST
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam is drafting a blacklist of websites -- including individual user accounts on YouTube and Facebook -- that will be barred from receiving advertising revenue if they are deemed to have posted anti-government or otherwise "toxic" content.