1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comTom Goldman Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/tomgoldman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1ZAsUhCMVN"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/vietnamese-facebook-lures-users-with-communist-videogames/">Vietnamese Facebook Lures Users With Communist Videogames</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/vietnamese-facebook-lures-users-with-communist-videogames/embed/#?secret=1ZAsUhCMVN" width="600" height="338" title="“Vietnamese Facebook Lures Users With Communist Videogames” — The Escapist" data-secret="1ZAsUhCMVN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The Vietnamese government’s version of Facebook is using videogames to attract citizens so that it can keep tabs on them more easily. When you’re a country that wants to control its population more adequately, Facebook isn’t an ideal website for them to be on because there’s just too much information to censor. The Vietnamese government knows this and is countering the likes of Facebook with its own social networking website called go.vn. After what may have been a spotty launch, the government has turned to videogames to lure the nation’s youth to the site. Go.vn, created by Vietnam Multimedia, is […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/0/652.png