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Vietnam Cracks Down On Robust Blogosphere

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Washington Post   |   January 18, 2009 05:38 PM

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BANGKOK -- Vietnam's government has issued several decrees in recent months to curtail blogging, as the number of Internet users soars in the communist country.

The campaign started in August, when the government published an edict giving police broad authority to move against online critics, including those who oppose "the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" and undermine national security and social order.

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BANGKOK -- Vietnam's government has issued several decrees in recent months to curtail blogging, as the number of Internet users soars in the communist country. The campaign started in August, when...
BANGKOK -- Vietnam's government has issued several decrees in recent months to curtail blogging, as the number of Internet users soars in the communist country. The campaign started in August, when...
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this is no different than China

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