According to the work report for the first 6 months of the year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reminded MC Quyen Linh about implementing food advertising that was not in accordance with one of the prescribed documents and causing confusion about the uses of the published products.
Actor Doan Quoc Dam was also reminded to advertise breast milk alternatives for children under 24 months old. This is a product that is prohibited from advertising.
According to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, these two cases are outdated.
The artists' advertising videos for violations were made around 2023-2024. Meanwhile, the penalty for administrative violations in the advertising field only has a term of one year for advertising content.
Faced with the recent discovery of fake milk, food and medicine, many artists have been named for advertising these products, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with the Ministry of Health to handle it.
Previously, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism fined Quang Linh Vlogs and Hang Duoc for incorrect advertising activities about functional foods, causing confusion about the quality of the advertised products.
The Ministry also administratively sanctioned BTV Quang Minh and MC Van Hugo for advertising Hiup 27 milk in accordance with one of the published documents; causing confusion about the product's uses; using the doctor's name. The total fine is 107 million VND.
Recently, MC Hoang Linh was fined 107.5 million VND in the HIUP milk advertisement that caused confusion about the product's uses that was published.
The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information coordinates with the competent authorities of the Ministry of Health to strengthen the handling of cases of celebrities and influential people on the internet who violate the law on advertising functional foods
In addition to fines and reminders for artists who advertise in violation of regulations, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information coordinated to block and remove 2 websites and 4 links on Facebook for advertising content that violates regulations related to food safety.
Bad and toxic information and violating content on the network were also handled. On Facebook platform, 3,099 posts were blocked and removed; YouTube removed 913 violating videos and 7 channels (uploaded about 12,000 videos); TikTok blocked and removed 1,284 violating content; Apple and Google blocked 148/219 unlicensed games on the app store.
