James Pearson
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Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests
Facebook has faced mounting pressure from governments over its content policies.
Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup mulls sale of school, health units
Vingroup is seeking to stem losses in some of its units that have been compounded by COVID-19.
Vietnam says Facebook should adhere to local regulations
Facebook's local servers in Vietnam were taken offline until it agreed to a government request to significantly increase censorship of "anti-state"
Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam turned off local servers
The server shutdown is learnt to have begun in mid-February and persisted until early April.
