the second half of 2019. (6) Facebook complied with 90 percent of Vietnam’s censorship requests in 2020 and YouTube with 95 percent of such requests, a fact the Government of Vietnam noted with satisfaction. (7) The local legal provisions that directly enabled Facebook and YouTube’s censorship, articles 117 and 331 of Vietnam’s Penal Code, also were used to imprison most of the 27 prisoners of conscience who were jailed in 2020. (8) A free and open internet and the free flow of news and information— (A) are fundamental components of United States foreign policy because they foster economic growth, protect individual liberties, and advance national security