Social Networks as a Challenge to Vietnam’s Political Stability

Abstract

The authors of the article identify new types of threats caused by the penetration of social networks into Vietnamese society. The authors assess the limits of the impact of crossborder IT communications on the political stability of the state. The article analyzes the content of ideological opponents of the authorities in Facebook, Instagram, Zala, YouTube, (On March 21, 2022, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow satisfied a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and recognized the activity of the social networks Instagram and Facebook, owned by Meta, as extremist, banning its operation in Russia), search engines and other communication channels. They also share some considerations regarding the organization of counteraction to the conductors of “color revolutions”, masters of network provocations, psychological and ideological sabotage in the Vietnamese and global information space.

Keywords

• vietnam
• information policy
• information flows
• inspection of consciousness
• artificial intelligence
• cybersecurity
• cyber hygiene
• metaverse
• psychological warfare
• social networks
• mass media
• threats to socio-political stability
• “color revolutions”
• digitalization
• digital sovereignty
• electronic agents of influence