The invitation was a result of the succesful workshop about the Swedish Pressfreedom Act that was arranged in December, 2016.
The research team from Vietnam Program for Internet and Society (VPIS) presented their survey of more than 1 000 internet users, where 78 percent were found as either victims or had witnessed public condemnation.
In his talk, Andreas Mattsson, addressed the importance of understanding that online hate undermines the free space and the safety for internet users. He also showed several examples from the Swedish contexts where online hate violates the freedom on the internet for media professionals and regular users.
The symposium was covered by many media outlets in Vietnam which proofs that the topic is of large public interest. Below you can find some links (mostly in Vietnamese) to read more about the event.
- Read more about the symposium (English)
- Watch VTV News coverage of the symosium (Vietnamese, scroll to 38 minutes)
- Báo mới: https://goo.gl/iOK7M7
- Kinh tế Sài Gòn: https://goo.gl/99kjES
- Báo điện tử Chính phủ: https://goo.gl/rjgDOH
- VTC online: https://goo.gl/BU3iam
- Việt Nam Plus: https://goo.gl/3CxzRP
- Tin tức.vn: https://goo.gl/7sCCBF
- Hà Nội Mới: https://goo.gl/Fzs6xn
- Zing: https://goo.gl/qAyFQ7
- Lao động: https://goo.gl/Cfgr40
- vietnam.vn: https://goo.gl/vC0IYD
- Đảng Cộng Sản: https://goo.gl/3BLgK1
- 2i Sao: https://goo.gl/EswxsD
- Tinvn.biz: https://goo.gl/jmU5qo