CLEANING SOCIAL NETWORK ‘WASH’

“Actively review and resolutely handle livestream channels and chat groups with objectionable and illegal content.” That is one of the contents emphasized in the official dispatch of the Ministry of Information and Communications to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities on strengthening the management and handling of infringing information on social networks. .
It is very necessary for state management agencies to issue documents to correct the status of “junk” social networks, because in the past time, many objects have taken advantage of the features of social networks such as livestream, sharing images, etc. video clips, set up a group chat to post offensive and illegal content. Among them are many contents that offend the honor and dignity of individuals and organizations, use inappropriate and offensive words, spread fake news, advertise, trade in illegal services, etc. negatively affect public opinion and affect social order and safety.

Names that have “heated” public opinion such as Hung blog channel, Hung troll channel, Tho Nguyen channel … and recently the YouTube channel Hoang Anh-Timmy containing a lot of objectionable content, have been sanctioned by the management agency. strict. Also recently, many famous artists have taken advantage of social networks to advertise functional foods, untrue medicines, and promote deviant lifestyles, which greatly upset public opinion. More importantly, some young people and teenagers who lack cultural knowledge and are lazy to work are racing to do “digital content creation” but in fact shoot bullshit and vulgar video clips to “like” sentences. view sentence” to make money cheaply. Joining hands to clean up cultural “garbage” on social networks is no one’s responsibility. Illustration: Vietnamplus.vn. The story of cultural “garbage” floating widely on the internet has been warned many times by the public because it pollutes the socio-cultural environment and the authorities have also taken action to correct and handle the violations. However, this situation is difficult to prevent completely, on the one hand, because of the nature of cross-border cyberspace, it is not easy to manage effectively overnight; on the other hand, because many netizens themselves accidentally “breathe and energize” many unhealthy content on social networks. A few days ago, public opinion could not help but be surprised when a businesswoman livestreamed for nearly 3 hours with the main content of the game, “unmasking” the dark sides and hidden corners of some famous people in the world. showbiz, but has attracted up to 450,000 live viewers on the Facebook and YouTube platforms. While many good stories, good stories, and beautiful stories on social networks do not attract much attention, there are nearly half a million times of people following a bad story in the entertainment world, partly showing a people are “burning time” too much for trivial things. Saying this is reasonable, because according to statistics, in 2020, 64% of our population will use smartphones equipped with 3G and 4G connections, in which, users have spent 25% of the time using them. smartphone to surf Facebook and 12% of the time to watch YouTube. Thus, on average, about 24 million people spend 37% of their day (more than 8 hours a day) wandering and living with social networks. No one prevents or prohibits the interests and tastes of social network users. But netizens should not be indifferent or indifferent to the problem of cultural “garbage” on the internet, which is injecting toxic substances into their souls and brains every day, which if each person does not have enough knowledge to remove . If social network users stay out of the fight against cultural “junk” in cyberspace, no matter how strong the authorities are, it will be difficult to achieve a fundamental and sustainable effect in this war. Therefore, joining hands to clean up cultural “garbage” on social networks is no one’s responsibility!