The Internet is playing an increasingly important role in life, especially in the current digital transformation period. According to data from the Vietnam Internet Center, the country currently has about 69 million Internet users (accounting for more than 70% of the population).

However, many people lack the skills to distinguish real and fake news, evaluate information on social networks, and are easily led by news, trends, and trends on social networks. Therefore, many subjects have taken advantage of social networks to spread and share harmful information; even fraud and profiteering.

Recently, the Ministry of Information and Communications has directed functional units to take drastic action, forcing cross-border platforms: Facebook, Google, TikTok, Apple, Netflix to prevent and remove these malicious content, fake news, false advertising, offensive and unhealthy content on social networks.

From 2018 to 2022, Facebook has removed more than 300 fake accounts, more than 12,600 false posts, defaming the reputation of organizations, individuals, and brands; The processing rate as requested by the State management agency reached 90%. TikTok has prevented and removed more than 1,400 infringing links, scanned and blocked more than 3,500 videos with malicious content; The processing rate as requested by the State management agency reached 91%.

On June 17, 2021, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Decision No. 874/QD-BTTTT on the Code of Conduct on social networks to build a healthy cultural environment in cyberspace in Vietnam. , forming ethical standards of social network behavior and behavior, educating awareness, creating positive habits from thought to action of social network users.

Each group and subject participating in using social networks in addition to complying with 4 general rules of conduct: respect and comply with the law; healthy; information safety and security; responsibilities, there are some other rules that need to be applied.

Specifically: organizations and individuals using social networks must share official and reliable information; Have behavior and conduct consistent with the nation's traditional moral and cultural values; Do not use words that cause hatred, incite violence, discriminate against regions, gender, or religion; Do not post content that violates the law or information that offends honor and dignity that affects the legitimate rights and interests of other organizations and individuals; Do not use offensive language…

In Nam Dinh, with the participation of all levels and functional sectors, the work of fighting, preventing and stopping bad information and toxic culture; Reviewing and handling violations of the law on social networks is carried out synchronously and drastically.

From 2020, the Provincial Police, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Department of Information and Communications, and the Department of Education and Training have signed an emulation agreement to implement the Joint Plan on coordination, promotion of union members, and youth. Young people, pupils and students participate in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against wrong, hostile views and bad information that affects social ethics.

Promote propaganda of the Law on Cyber Security and the Law on Access to Information in many forms, with rich and practical content. At the same time, regularly update and promptly notify plots, methods, and tricks of hostile, reactionary, criminal forces and illegal acts in cyberspace to raise awareness, awareness of managers and users of the Internet and social networks.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism strengthens coordination with the Department of Education and Training and the Provincial Youth Union to organize propaganda and educational activities on historical, cultural and revolutionary traditions for the young generation; Professional training in fighting and refuting wrong views, bad and toxic information on the Internet and social networks; Direct the organization and development of healthy cultural, artistic, and sports programs.

Departments, branches, branches, unions, socio-political organizations, districts and cities strengthen propaganda and awareness work to raise awareness and sense of law observance among officials and civil servants. , officials and people when using the Internet and social networks; skills to identify and handle harmful information; promptly detect and strictly handle cases of spreading, sharing, and commenting on information with false content and harmful cultural products.

In the current era of digital technology explosion, using social networks is a need and hobby of each person, however, for social networks to promote their advantages as a bridge to spread clean, healthy information. strongly, in addition to the drastic involvement of the authorities in managing and handling violations, it is necessary for each individual to be self-aware in complying with the provisions of law and codes of conduct.culture on social networks.

To form cultural standards in the online environment, schools in the province regularly propagate and improve knowledge for students. At the same time, coordinate with parents to closely monitor children's use, access, and participation in social networks, orienting their children to access useful and healthy content and information suitable for each level. year old. Strengthen moral education and life skills to create "resistance", so that children can protect themselves against negative impacts on the online environment, contributing to building a clean and safe social network environment. , healthy.

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