Vietnam to probe TikTok operations over 'toxic' content

Vietnam to probe TikTok operations over 'toxic' content

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Vietnam will probe TikTok’s operations in the country from May, as “toxic” content on the short-video platform “poses a threat to the country’s youth, culture and tradition”, the Information Ministry said on Thursday.

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