Hanoi: Penalty for a Facebook account holder for posting false information about Covid-19 translation

Mr. Tran Van Duy, the owner of a facebook account named ‘Hà Nội Phố’ has just been sanctioned by the Inspector of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications for false information about Covid-19 translation.

Penalty for Facebook account holder for posting false information about Covid-19 translation Specifically, at 19:30 on May 4, 2021, Mr. Tran Van Duy used his personal website facebook called “Ha Noi Pho” (address: https: //www.facebook. com / hanoiphotv) publishes the information “Hanoi Thong Tho Street in the First Day of Blockade #hnp” together with 01 video about Hanoi street experience dated May 4, 2021, content is false information, violation provisions in Article 5 of the Government’s Decree No. 72/2013 / ND-CP dated July 15, 2013 on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information. According to Clause 4 Article 20 of the Government’s Decree No. 72/2013 / ND-CP dated July 15, 2013 on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information: “Personal websites are Personal website means an website established or established by an individual through the use of social networking services to provide and exchange information of that individual, not representing the team. organizations or individuals and do not provide aggregate information “. The facebook account “Hà Nội Phố” is a personal website set up by Mr. Tran Van Duy through the use of facebook social networks to provide and share information. According to the above regulations, Mr. Duy can only post personal information, however, Mr. Tran Van Duy has posted on his facebook account “Hà Nội Phố” information about Hanoi cuisine and information about translation Covid-19. . Pursuant to Point a, Clause 3, Article 99 of the Government’s Decree No. 15/2020 / ND-CP dated February 3, 2020, providing for the sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of post, telecommunications and radio frequency, In information technology and electronic transactions, the Inspector of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications sanctioned Mr. Tran Van Duy an amount of 12.5 million VND. Remedy: Forcible removal of infringing information. At the same time, Mr. Duy has removed the infringing information.