Vietnam bloggers battle tightening censorship
- Published: 9 May 2012 at 15.48
- Online news: Asia
When riot police broke up a recent protest over a forced eviction, Vietnam's bloggers were ready -- hidden in nearby trees, they documented the entire incident and quickly posted videos and photos online.
A man watches a video posted on the blog of Dr. Nguyen Xuan Dien showing villagers challenging policemen during forced land evictions in Van Giang district in April 2012. These shaky images spread like wildfire on Facebook, in a sign of growing online defiance in Vietnam.
Their shaky images spread like wildfire on Facebook, in a sign of growing online defiance in Vietnam, in the face of efforts by authorities to rein in the country's Internet community.
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