New rules govern social networking sites
Laws - The management of websites and online social
net-works will be governed by Circular No 14/2010/TT-BBTTT, issued by the
Ministry of Information and Communications on June 29.
Under the new regulation, websites that introduce
products, services, or business lines of an enterprise or organisation and do
not entail an exchange of information will not be required to have a license or
other registration. However, the homepage must show the name, address, phone
number and email address of the organisation managing the site, as well as the
name of the webmaster in charge of maintaining the site.
The circular also extends the scope of websites
that required registration to sites providing online social networking
services, websites of media agencies, websites providing specialised
applications or services, and sites that provide general information in the
spheres of politics, economics, culture and society.
In addition to the information that must be shown
on the homepages of unregistered sites, the homepage of a registered site must
list the site’s license number and issue date.
The procedure for granting a license is the same as
those that are already in place for registering websites. Under the new rules,
however, all registered sites must notify the licensing authority of the site’s
termination 10 working days prior to termination.
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