National Assembly Delegate: There needs to be a solution to prevent bad and toxic news from causing chaos on social networks.

On the afternoon of October 23, the National Assembly discussed in groups the draft Law on Press (amended). Many opinions said that there should be measures to strictly manage units that are not press agencies but operate in the nature of press.

Delegate Le Thanh Hoan ( Thanh Hoa delegation) - Photo: National Assembly

Presenting the current situation of press activities in cyberspace, delegate Le Thanh Hoan (Thanh Hoa delegation) pointed out the fact that many social networking sites, although not press agencies, operate no differently than newspapers.

This makes it impossible for readers and information users to distinguish between official and unofficial information, which is mainly accessed online, creating trends very quickly.

It is difficult to distinguish between official and unofficial news.

The delegate even admitted that sometimes it is impossible to distinguish news, even information on websites, and that information must be checked very carefully and can only be distinguished from websites with clear information from the governing body. This causes information confusion.

Delegate Hoan cited the recent developments in the gold and real estate markets, where YouTubers and TikTokers went online to guide public opinion, speak out and comment on state laws and policies on banning transfer transactions and taxing second homes...

“Especially those sites that use artificial intelligence software, change voices and images. Looking at the images, it is clearly the leader speaking, that voice, the lips moving exactly like that, do people believe it or not?

National Assembly delegates were also given this or that sentence, but did not say anything. Obviously, there needs to be a solution, not only for the Ministry of Culture but also for the Ministry of Public Security , related to cyber security to prevent bad and toxic news" - Mr. Hoan stated the reality.

Delegate Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy ( Tay Ninh delegation) also pointed out the phenomenon of information provision not only from official press agencies but also from individuals, organizations and many people who can become journalists.

These pages operate in a journalistic nature, with relatively complete journalistic characteristics such as information content, updated information nature, channel name recognition, specialized information product development and especially have an extremely large number of viewers, providing information with many perspectives...

Meanwhile, current regulations do not manage and cover news channels set up by organizations and individuals, which do not meet press standards but still operate as press. Therefore, delegates asked the question: What should these agencies be named to be put under management? What are the management principles for communication, operations, and professional ethics?

Fake news and sensational news travel faster than real news.

Delegate Huynh Thanh Phuong (Tay Ninh delegation) said that the current framework for press activities in cyberspace is a "gray source" and has a legal gap, as the current law does not regulate press activities in the cyber environment. This blurs the line between mainstream press and social media.

In fact, everyone can post news, broadcast videos and comment like journalists. YouTubers, TikTokers, and Facebook pages produce content similar to newspapers, but are not legally responsible or hold themselves to professional standards, causing confusion between true and false information, making it difficult to know what is true and what is false.

Meanwhile, fake news and sensational news travel faster and spread faster, while real news and official news spread slower. Official media are bound by many things and this creates unfairness.

Delegate Phuong said that the law has not kept up with the reality of digital society, there is no mechanism to manage copyright, advertising, revenue with cross-border platforms, display rights... and can only negotiate with foreign countries to remove bad and toxic information.

Along with that, there is no mechanism to monitor and archive content, as well as challenges to protect copyright and authorship, the situation of cutting and copying information is rampant on the internet; lack of journalistic standards and capacity of journalists, attracting views and likes...

Therefore, delegates proposed that the legal framework should clearly stipulate the legal responsibilities, tax obligations, and copyrights of cross-border social networking platforms, perfect the press economic development mechanism, create a model of a major media conglomerate, and apply large technology...

Expand to local media with key media agencies

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Tay Ninh Province Pham Hung Thai said that it is necessary to clarify the content of the main multimedia communication agency with specific mechanisms, conditions and principles.

Delegates also suggested not limiting a number of agencies, but expanding key multimedia press units when conditions and capacity are sufficient.

"Like in localities like Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Vinh Long, Da Nang, Can Tho... where there are many channels and active press agencies, can it be done?" - the delegate asked and suggested further research to establish a key multimedia communication agency.

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