At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Information and Communications on the afternoon of August 8, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen - Deputy Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information explained about the proposal to regulate account authentication. social network users (Facebook, TikTok, Zalo…) by phone number.
According to Ms. Huyen, currently, both domestic and cross-border social networks have required users to authenticate personal information when registering by email, phone number or identity card.
The fact that the Ministry of Information and Communications has requested to authenticate social network accounts by phone number is due to the following reasons: Firstly, the situation of cybercrime is increasing. This regulation is proposed from the need for state management as well as the needs of people who want to more closely manage social network accounts to limit online fraud.
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Secondly, the social network is very wide, the authentication by personal phone number will contribute to users to improve their responsibility and awareness when providing information on social networks.
Third, Ms. Huyen affirmed that the introduction of this regulation is completely consistent with current legal provisions. The important legal basis of this regulation is the Law on Cybersecurity.
Finally, “currently, social network users tend to switch from using computers to using mobile devices. Therefore, it is more convenient for users to authenticate social network accounts by mobile phone numbers," Huyen said.
According to VietnamPlus
