US EditionVietnam Orders Messaging App Telegram to Be Blocked, Government Document Shows
- On May 21, 2025, Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology ordered telecom providers to block the Telegram app nationwide.
- The order followed Telegram's failure to comply with Vietnam's legal demands, including sharing user data and removing illegal content.
- Vietnamese authorities found that 68% of about 9,600 Telegram channels contained anti-state, toxic, or illegal content involving tens of thousands of users.
- Telegram, with nearly one billion global users, expressed surprise at the block and said it was processing Vietnam's legal requests with a May 27 response deadline.
- This move reflects Vietnam's firm approach to controlling online dissent and enforcing cooperation under tightened media censorship and telecom laws.
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ThePatriotLight - Vietnam to block Telegram in early June
ThePatriotLight - Internet service providers in Vietnam must block the Telegram messaging app in the communist country before early June after a request by police, the government said Friday. Telegram’s Russian-born founder and chief executive Pavel Durov was arrested in August last year at a Paris airport and later charged with several counts of failing to curb extremist and terrorist content on the app. Vietnam’s telecommunications department …
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