The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Claim 693

The core restriction imposed by the decree.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The core restriction imposed by the decree.
Field
action
Value
Bars linking to or reposting news and foreign government sites
About
incident 2013-vietnam-decree-72-restricts-blogs
Source
Attacks on the Press: Vietnam analysis
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2014-02-12

Quotation from the source

broadly prohibits Vietnamese bloggers and Internet users from linking to or reposting news from press organizations or information from foreign government websites.