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Vietnam wins GSMA Government Leadership Award 2026
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (544+ words) Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10: 34 GMT+7 GSMA, a global organization unifying the mobile ecosystem, announced at the Digital Nation Summit Hanoi 2026 on Tuesday that Vietnam had secured the global GSMA Government Leadership Award 2026, the highest global honor for digital policy. The award recognizes…...
Italy parents' group faces Meta, Tik Tok in Milan court over minors' social media use
1+ week, 5+ day ago (428+ words) Friday, May 15, 2026, 11: 40 GMT+7 An Italian parents' group and a number of families faced off against Meta and Tik Tok on Thursday in the first hearing of a lawsuit that seeks to restrict minors' access to social media platforms. The hearing…...
European minnows bid to challenge social media giants
2+ week, 3+ day ago (612+ words) Sunday, May 10, 2026, 10: 35 GMT+7 A flurry of new schemes to launch Europe-based social networks faces a steep, rocky road to seduce users away from American and Asian giants in the sector. Founders nevertheless see opportunity in the disillusionment and distrust of…...
Children lost in virtual worlds as gaming overuse rises in Vietnam
2+ week, 5+ day ago (486+ words) Friday, May 8, 2026, 11: 43 GMT+7 Vietnam is seeing a growing concern over children spending excessive hours on online games and drifting away from real-life connections. At one home in the southern province of Dong Thap, 76-year-old K. P.'s grandchildren barely interacted outside mealtimes,…...
In Vietnam, busy young people turn to offline dating events to find connection
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (612+ words) Saturday, March 21, 2026, 16: 00 GMT+7 After a long workday, Nguyen Van Hoa scrolls through his phone at home in Ho Chi Minh City, looking for a way to meet someone beyond his daily routine. Question cards prepared by Hanoidate are used to…...
One-fifth of Australian teens still use Tik Tok, Snap Chat after social media ban
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (500+ words) Friday, March 13, 2026, 10: 07 GMT+7 SYDNEY -- One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of age-gating methods they are using. A girl…...
Vietnam's Internet infrastructure ready to power low-altitude economy
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (787+ words) Monday, March 9, 2026, 16: 28 GMT+7 Vietnam's expanding 5 G coverage and the arrival of low-Earth-orbit satellite Internet are positioning the country to accelerate its digital economy, particularly the emerging low-altitude economy, in the years ahead. According to data from the i-Speed measurement platform…...
Vietnam's 5 G speeds surge at start of 2026
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (466+ words) Friday, March 6, 2026, 14: 18 GMT+7 Vietnam's 5 G network speeds surged more than 50 percent in January 2026 compared with December 2025, signifying one of the sharpest month-to-month increases in recent years and reflecting a strong wave of investment in telecommunications infrastructure. The rapid improvement is…...
Indonesia gives Meta 'stern warning' over disinformation
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (191+ words) Friday, March 6, 2026, 12: 54 GMT+7 JAKARTA -- Indonesia's communications ministry has issued a "stern warning" to Meta Platforms Inc for failing to curb the spread of online gambling and disinformation, the ministry said on Thursday. The warning came after Indonesia's Communications and Digital…...
Tik Tok charged for breaching EU rules with app's addictive features
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (655+ words) Saturday, February 7, 2026, 15: 30 GMT+7 BRUSSELS -- Tik Tok was charged on Friday with breaching EU online content rules over what the bloc's regulator said were its addictive features and was told to change the design of its app or risk a fine…...