Archive: November 11, 2021

Facebook accused of censoring criticism of Vietnamese Communist Official eating Gold-encrusted steak

The hashtag making the video easily findable was banned.

Christina Maas

Facebook has unblocked the hashtag #SaltBae after it became unavailable following a video of a top Vietnamese official being fed a gold-covered steak went viral. Facebook refused to comment on whether the banning of the hashtag was requested by the Communist Vietnamese government.

Related: Facebook agrees to censor on behalf of Vietnam's Communist Party so it can still do business in the country

Salt Bae is a Turkish chef, real name Nusret Gokce, the owner of chain steakhouse Nusr-Et. A video of Vietnam’s Minister for Public Security To Lam being fed a $1,941 gold-covered tomahawk steak by the celebrity chef was posted on TikTok, and it went viral. The video was taken at Nusr-Et Steakhouse in London. Lam was in the UK for the UN Climate conference.

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