After comments, shares, and participation in online groups, even mere “interaction” can now be grounds for “handling” by the police.

The latest: On May 20, Huế City police “invited in for questioning” 45 account owners who had “regularly followed, accessed, and interacted with” information that local police described as “false, fabricated, distorted, and anti-state content from exiled reactionary elements such as Lê Trung Khoa, Nguyễn Văn Đài, etc.”