Vietnam: Ministry of Information and Communications investigation into TikTok's compliance with the obligation to implement age verification mechanisms

Progress

Current status

concluded

05 Oct 2023 concluded

22 May 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

Vietnam

Policy Area

Consumer protection

Policy Instrument

Age verification requirement

Regulated Economic Activity

platform intermediary: user-generated content

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

central government

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

05 Oct 2023

concluded

Announced Ministry of Information and Communications findings in the investigation into TikTok's compliance with the obligation to implement age verification mechanisms

On 5 October 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced the main findings of the joint investigation conducted by several Ministries and public institutions into TikTok's operations in Vietnam. The Ministry stated that TikTok doe…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type closure

Government branch executive

Government body central government

22 May 2023

under deliberation

Opened Ministry of Information and Communications investigation into TikTok's compliance with the obligation to implement age verification mechanisms

On 22 May 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications opened an investigation into TikTok's compliance with the obligation to implement age verification mechanisms.