FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet.
Question: How free is the internet? Answer: Less than free in certain countries. Further answer: And becoming even less free in other countries -- witness Vietnam, discussed briefly below.
At the start of this month, a law went into effect in Vietnam that mandates removal of online content considered offensive to the Vietnamese government. According to SoyaCincau.com, the law was put on the books "under the pretenses" of Cybersecurity, but what it actually does is to require the takedown of content deemed "toxic" by the government.