Facebook, YouTube, TikTok users may have to identify their social network accounts

## Deputy Minister of Information and Communications – Nguyen Thanh Lam indicated that the decree to replace the decrees on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information will be issued by the end of 2023. The Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly held an explanation session on the observance of the law on human trafficking prevention and combat, and authenticated accounts on social networks to limit online fraud. Regarding the authentication of online accounts to limit fraud, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said that between the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Public Security, there is a specific coordination mechanism. body. When the local investigating agency makes a written request to the Ministry to authenticate online accounts showing signs of law violation, there will be a mechanism to coordinate with the Information Security Department, the Vietnam Internet Center, the Department of Development The Television and Electronic Information bar authenticates who the account holder is. In which, there are cases that can be identified, and there are cases that are still difficult because some criminals use messages using cross-border OTT applications. According to Mr. Lam, in the near future, this will be resolved by a specific legal framework, when the National Assembly considers and gives opinions on the revised Telecommunications Law. In this bill, the regulation would govern foreign OTT applications as domestic platforms. The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications pointed out that the decree replacing the decrees on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information will be issued in late 2023 with very important changes. In particular, all social network account holders who are individuals or organizations are required to perform identification. This applies to foreign social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok… “With unidentified social network accounts, they will be fought, blocked, and handled to varying degrees,” Th. Minister of Information and Communications – Nguyen Thanh Lam said