Fighting against the distorted arguments of hostile forces in cyberspace
(Baonghean.vn) - That is the theme of the Symposium organized by the Party Committee of Provincial Agencies and the Department of Planning and Investment on the morning of October 27.
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| Delegates attending the conference. Photo by Thanh Le |
At the conference, delegates listened to journalist Le Quoc Minh - Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency report on the topic "Fake information, bad information and strengthening the fight against and refuting the distorted arguments of hostile forces in cyberspace".
From examples, analyzing and identifying fake information and bad information in the world and Vietnam, journalist Le Quoc Minh affirmed: Currently, with the strong development of information technology, posting fake information through social networking systems is gradually becoming popular. This information not only causes financial losses, but many fake information and bad information also affect the ethics, personality, and spirit of some individuals and society.
Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency Le Quoc Minh said that currently fake information appears not only targeting politicians, celebrities, and leaders but also in the financial sector, businesses, and the people.
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| Comrade Hoang Van Nhien - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Agencies delivered the opening speech at the conference. Photo: Thanh Le |
A lot of fake news and bad news is spread on social networks. Many people are curious to read it, even accidentally share it, including some press agencies that do not verify the information and post it in the newspaper, negatively affecting public opinion,...
Therefore, the press has the responsibility to verify and verify information before publishing it, to avoid providing false information. Especially in the current information race, verifying and verifying information becomes even more important.
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| Journalist Le Quoc Minh - Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency reports on the topic. Photo: Thanh Le |
Nowadays, using the internet is almost a basic need of everyone. With its conveniences, the internet has supported and provided us with a lot of useful information in work and life. The internet has connected the community, bringing the world closer together in time and space. Providing information, guidelines and policies of the Party and State to cadres, party members and the masses has brought many advantages,...
However, the Internet is also a means for hostile forces to use to spread toxic information to refute and oppose the viewpoints, guidelines, policies and strategies of our Party and State; distort and deny the great achievements that our entire Party, people and army have achieved in the struggle to protect and build the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
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| Conference scene. Photo by Thanh Le |
In the new era, identifying, fighting and refuting the distorted and destructive arguments of hostile forces requires cadres and party members to have a full view of developments, impacts and a firm grasp of fighting methods.
Therefore, the Conference aims to respond to the information needs of fake information, bad information and to strengthen the fight against and refute the distorted arguments of hostile forces on cyberspace by cadres and party members of the Provincial Agencies Bloc.