Vietnam to probe TikTok operations over 'toxic' content
TikTok is the only platform being probed because it is the only one with local offices.
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TikTok is the only platform being probed because it is the only one with local offices.
HANOI: The gaming industry, once derided as an exclusive domain of bone-idle youngsters, has transformed into a colossus in recent years.
Vietnam may ban TikTok if it did not remove toxic, offensive, false and superstitious content, VN Express reported citing the country's information ministry.
Harmful content has featured on TikTok since last year, negatively affecting Vietnamese children, Lê Quang Tự Do, head of the ministry’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said.
In Southeast Asia, Vietnam takes a large share of the pie with 54.6 million gamers, raking in $507 million in 2022.