Vietnamese nationals accounted for the largest group by nationality among foreign nationals arrested last year for criminal offenses in Japan. Social media platforms have become a hotbed for the Vietnamese version of “black market part-time jobs,” contributing to some of the crimes. In a theft case, it was revealed that a Vietnamese-language Facebook community called “Bodoi” had been used as a tool for crime.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the allegations　but did not receive a response.