Ministry of Culture directs investigation into ViruSs case causing uproar on social networks

On the afternoon of March 31, Mr. Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet - Chief of Office of the Ministry of Culture , Sports and Tourism (MCST) - said Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism delivered Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information Find out about the social media uproar of streamer ViruSs in recent days.

Mr. Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet also said Vanguard The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information will soon speak out about this incident.

For over a week, streamer ViruSs and those involved in the love fight have been constantly causing a stir on social media. During ViruSs' livestream session that attracted over a million viewers on the evening of March 28, rapper Cannon Confronted the musician about the suspicion of adultery. ViruSs said that the relationship with Phao was "dating before officially falling in love, if it doesn't work out then it ends".

ViruSs was criticized but also profited from the love drama.

Singer Emma Nhat Khanh, hot girl Ngoc Kem also related. The details of the conversation created a lot of discussion and conflicting opinions online. ViruSs was criticized by netizens but still made a lot of money thanks to the livestream session.

This streamer enabled a feature that requires viewers to pay to comment or join the discussion. The registration fee to join the comment section in the live stream on TikTok ranges from 135,000-155,000 VND/month. During the live session, the male streamer received many gifts of support from viewers, some gifts worth up to millions of dong.

On March 29, both Ngoc Kem and ViruSs apologized, wanting to end the scandal. A stream of opinions online said that the accounts commenting and arguing about ViruSs' scandal were being manipulated by the nose, allowing streamers to take advantage of the scandal to make money.

"It's sad that young people are rushing into useless livestreams and love scandals without knowing right from wrong," one person commented on Facebook.

MC and lecturer Trinh Le Anh said that the livestream session of ViruSs and Phao not only caused offense but also showed signs of violating Decree 147/2024/ND-CP on livestream activities and account verification. But the most important thing is that we cannot just use regulations to change the culture of content consumption.

MC Le Anh stated that social media users must know how to select, know how to reject toxic content, and know how to say no to meaningless entertainment.

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