In the question and answer session with National Assembly deputies on November 12 about the field of information and communication, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized a very good and new idea.
He said that cyberspace is just like real space. If real space has ministries, branches, and localities to manage, then cyberspace also needs management from ministries, branches, and localities; if the real world has countries, then cyberspace is also divided into "countries".
Therefore, “only when each person manages his or her work in cyberspace, the same way they manage in the real world, will cyberspace be truly healthy.”
Such an assessment is accurate and reasonable. In reality, many hot issues occurring in cyberspace are not only the responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications but also involve the responsibilities of many other ministries and sectors such as Culture, Sports and Tourism; Industry and Trade; Health, etc.
Another problem is that currently, practice requires some ministries and sectors to manage and take responsibility for issues that cause public outrage online, such as false advertising of drugs and health products.
However, relevant ministries and sectors have not been assigned specific tasks to manage their fields in cyberspace.
This means that problems are now being handled with a "self-responsible" mentality.
Therefore, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung hopes that ministries, sectors and localities will need to participate in the network environment to manage their fields. The Ministry of Information and Communications will support monitoring tools and even train human resources if needed.
Speaking of cyberspace management, we need to discuss more about the attitudes and responsibilities of citizens when participating in this environment, so that it is similar to real life, especially when accounts are almost all identified by phone numbers or citizen identification cards.
Currently, most people use social networks for daily activities, business, entertainment, shopping, etc., but they are still lenient when declaring personal information, sometimes unnecessarily. As Minister Hung shared, even when he went to change his glasses, he was asked about his profession and required to declare personal information.
The ease with which information is self-declared is one of the main causes of personal information leakage, creating conditions for online fraud and threats as seen in recent times.
Gone are the days when cyberspace was considered a "virtual" place, with no need to think about personal responsibility, management responsibility, or self-protection awareness.
Cyberspace is now sometimes more real and harsh than real life many times!
