The Ministry of Justice will enter the blog management

According to Director General of Vu Tat Vien Law Dissemination Department, the Ministry of Justice will discuss with the Ministry of Culture and Information to have a blog management solution because there are many holes in this issue. The idea of ​​getting support from many circles and will soon be implemented.

In fact, over time, authorities have received many complaints and complaints about negative issues arising from the online diary environment such as: blog sex, unhealthy information, smearing fish. other people .

In an exchange on this issue, Chief Inspector of Ministry of Culture and Information Vu Xuan Thanh also affirmed that the Ministry will soon have a circulars to avoid negative issues of the blog.

Currently, all personal blogs operate quite freely without having to comply with any mandatory regulations in terms of content. Blog services, virtual social networks, managers often have to set up their own rules for members.

The administrator of the Star Blog web service, which focuses more than 24,000 members and about 63,000 articles, requires members to agree to such rules as: keeping yourself a civilized, cultured person. , do not post or link images that are provocative, offensive or sexually suggestive, do not submit articles, comment on inciting, spreading publications or losing culture. For any violation, the account will be locked without notice.

"In order to be strict in the censorship of information content, we are forced to read all the articles, regularly notify members or send their own letters," said Executive Director of Blog Cao Manh Tuan. " Of course, sometimes there are some bad content, but readers will report it again and we will delete it. Moreover, the general writing style of bloggers will make others understand that it is not allowed to push dirty text. ".

At Vietspace.net.vn, the virtual social network is running a trial, with up to 67 thousand members and an average of 150-200 new subscribers each day. The board of management of this community also sets up regulations such as removing content that is not in line with the customs, culture and regulations of the Vietnamese government. At the same time, using monitoring tools directly with collaborators to control the content.

" It would be good to have the management of the authorities and I think social networks like Vietspace will strictly comply with the regulations set out. That is the issue of Internet security, the State should strictly control ", Mr. Tran Hung Cuong, Director of VietSpace, commented.

Mr. Cao Manh Tuan also expressed his supportive views and wanted to be involved and consulted to assist the competent authorities in drafting legal documents. " When people from the Ministry of Culture and Information question the blogger's needs and opinions, we are ready to respond ," said Blog Star CEO. " Basically, blogging is about personal matters, personal views of bloggers to society. VN is opening and integrating, those opinions are also very interesting. The problem is us. laws to manage, avoid mistakes, violate the laws of bloggers who intentionally violate ethical and cultural principles . "

However, many views from bloggers or experts also suggest that it is very likely that the blogging environment will be affected if the lawmakers do not consult or comment from non-bloggers. " I think lawmakers must have aggregated information, 'observe' violations to learn from experience and put sanctions or regulations in line with individual freedoms, " said a Yahoo blogger. 360 said nick Virgo said.

From the perspective of being a cyber security expert, BKIS Director Nguyen Tu Quang said that each blog is like a website but hosted by an individual. Therefore, the number will be more diversified than 1 website, making management more difficult. " Technically, if a blog violates the law, it is possible to block access such as websites, search for employers if needed. But due to the high number and often promoting blogs through live channels such as sending e-mail , messages . so if only technical measures are not enough ".

Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Culture and Information also admitted that the collapse of black blogs cannot be considered as the most effective measure in handling violations. Therefore, the biggest resistance is to raise users' awareness, so that the content posted to the blog must be reasonable.

* In Malaysia, the Government intends to ask blog owners to publish their identities to avoid extremist comments in the journal.

* China is drafting laws to manage blogs because it worries that the owner of the blog will show extreme views and display "cool" images.

* A webinar in the UK says blogs need to follow a legal framework similar to journalism, but based on the general rules of the online community, not managed by the government.

Nguyen Hang