Summoned Facebook Fashion Owner for Spreading Rumors About African Swine Fever

Deputy Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) Le Quang Tu Do has just signed an invitation to work with a Facebook owner selling fashionable maternity dresses, to clarify the false information about African swine fever that this Facebook page posted.

According to the invitation, on the afternoon of March 11, the representative of the Facebook account Mami Fashion Maternity Dress must be present at the headquarters of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information to work on the content of information and images that are false about African swine fever that can be transmitted to humans and calling for a boycott of pork. The above false content was posted by this Facebook page on March 2.

According to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, in case the owner of this Facebook account does not come to work as invited, the Department will coordinate with relevant agencies to handle the case according to the provisions of law.

According to scientists, African swine fever is not transmitted to humans.

Previously, on the morning of March 8, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien signed a document to the Ministry of Information and Communications requesting to handle a number of individuals who posted false information about African swine fever, including the Fanpage "Mami Fashion Maternity Dress".

Facebook owner of fashion business posted incorrect information about African swine fever

After verification and inspection, the authorities confirmed that the images on this Facebook page were "taken from many electronic newspapers; specifically, these are images of tapeworm disease in pigs that occurred in Binh Phuoc in November 2018". At the same time, according to scientists, African swine fever is not transmitted to humans...