Vietnamese military trolls take over Facebook.

Vietnam's military has a troll army called Force 47 that uses Facebook to harass activists and journalists posting on Vietnamese Facebook. The trolls consistently and successfully report any groups that question or critique the government, providing a troubling model for how censorship can flourish within social media, even reaching beyond national borders. The government has not been afraid to flex in order to maintain control, blocking Facebook in 2020 after the company initially refused to comply with government takedown requests targeting activists critical of the government.