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FC: Vietnam to Censor Net (fwd)
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03/11/97 - 01:47 PM ET - Click reload often for latest version
Via USA Today Web Site
Vietnam to censor the Net
HANOI, Vietnam - All information coming into Vietnam through the Internet
will be censored and the government announced Tuesday it will control who
has access to online services.
It also will limit the gates through which Internet servers in Vietnam
are linked to the world's largest information network.
The new regulations, to take effect next week, were widely publicized in
state-controlled media.
The controls were issued in a decree by Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, who
said information servers must be based in Vietnam. This will ensure that
information entering and leaving Vietnam goes through a
government-filtered gateway, the Communist Party newspaper, The People,
reported.
The government has been looking for efficient ways to allow Internet
service, while restricting its contents.
By The Associated Press
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