Monitor and detect the removal of 79 news and articles from electronic newspapers.

On August 16, journalist Nguyen Hoa Van, Director of the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal, said that in order to contribute to monitoring and combating negativity in press activities according to the functions and tasks of the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal has officially put into use a device to monitor the removal and editing of articles by electronic newspapers from August 1.

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Up to this point, the Vietnam Journalists Association Portal has discovered the removal of 79 news and articles from electronic newspapers and electronic information sites, of which nearly half of the removed news and articles contained inaccurate information related to violations of the Construction Law, Land Law, illegal construction projects, environmental violations, etc.

Thanks to this device, since the beginning of August 2017, the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal has monitored over 100 electronic newspapers and a number of electronic information sites licensed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

By the end of August 2017, the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal will monitor and supervise all licensed electronic newspapers and electronic information sites.

The device to monitor electronic newspapers removing and editing articles is software implemented by the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal in coordination with Nam Loi Trading and General Joint Stock Company.

The device helps to check and monitor the removal and editing of articles of newspapers and electronic information sites, providing specific information on the time of posting, the time of editing and removing articles, and the content of the articles being removed or edited.

This device operates 24/7 and is managed by technicians from the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal. Every week, technicians report results to the Vietnam Journalists Association and provide information to press management agencies. The use of the device is to check and help newspapers be more cautious in reporting, avoid "racing", providing unverified information, false information, sensitive information, and contribute to detecting negativity in removing and editing articles on electronic newspapers.

Director of the Vietnam Journalists Association Electronic Information Portal Nguyen Hoa Van also said that putting this device into use is a practical measure, contributing to monitoring the implementation of professional ethics regulations of reporters of press agencies.

Recently, there has been false information appearing on electronic newspapers, causing negative impacts on society even though it was corrected later. Therefore, reporters and press agencies need to strictly comply with regulations on publishing information on the Internet...

It is necessary to operate the device to provide accurate information about removing and editing articles on electronic newspapers. The Vietnam Journalists Association believes that in the coming time, this activity will contribute to preventing and eliminating the phenomenon of "posting in the morning, meeting at noon, removing in the afternoon" related to the current publishing of information on electronic newspapers.../.

According to Vietnamplus