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News reports, court documents, lawyers, victims and relatives of victims were used as source material. These findings were presented at a webinar 'The Ordeal: Five Years of the Digital Security Act 2018-2023', organized by the Center for Governance Studies, a non-governmental research organisation, on Tuesday. In view of the criticism, the government “amended” the Digital […]
Government policy-makers did not feel the need to pay attention to the concerns of media stakeholders regarding the Digital Security Act. It was only when the United Nations Human Rights Commission took a strict stance against this law that the government came to its senses. The ministers said, yes, the law will be amended. It […]
A statistic has revealed that in the cases registered under the Digital Security Act, only two percent of the accused have been punished. When it comes to identifying an offense under this Act, the decision of the field level officer will be considered final which has also been retained in the Cyber Security Act. The […]
From Natalie Portman, Hollywood’s Emma Watson, Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Bollywood’s Rashmika Mandanna to Dhallywood’s Tanzin Tisha, the majority of deepfake victims around the world are actually women. Several documentaries based on deepfake pornography, including ‘My Blonde GF’ and ‘Another Body’, have depicted the horrific experiences women face. A report by research organization Sensity AI […]
The Digital Security Act was then abolished and the Cyber Security Act was enacted in its place, with some reduced sentences and changes here and there, although basically most of the repressive sections of the two older laws were retained, Sometimes with changes in words. In case of ‘offences’ like defamation, instead of jail sentence, […]
The government signed the Act into law in 2018 and it has been widely criticized at home and abroad. According to the Law Minister’s statement in Parliament, a total of 7,001 cases have been registered under DSA till January 2023. However, the law was abolished in September 2023 and replaced by the Cyber Security Act […]
In the report, the government has mentioned the amendments brought in the Constituency Delimitation Act-2021, Election Commission Appointment Act-2022 and Parliament Election (EVM) Guidelines-2018, Rules of Conduct of Political Parties and Candidates-2008 and Rules of Conduct. of political parties and candidates to strengthen the electoral system. The government has claimed that the Election Commission Appointment […]
Law Minister Anisul Haq said, “If someone commits a technical crime like hacking or breaking into a computer and destroying something, there is a provision of 14 years of jail sentence under the Cyber Security Act.” Journalists had objections. There are conditions in the provision of arrest without warrant. If such an arrest is to […]
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights had called for the repeal of two sections (21 and 28) of the Digital Security Act. But the proposed law has retained the content. Section 21 provides for punishment for any propaganda or propaganda against the Liberation War, the spirit of the Liberation War, […]
Section 10 of the new draft states that data may be collected in accordance with the method provided by the data producer for the purpose of protecting national security and preventing, detecting or investigating any crime. Article 33 exempts from the law the collection of data for the purpose of preventing crime. The draft also […]
The government will take any opinion on the proposed Cyber Security Act (CSA) for 14 days and that is why the draft of the law has been uploaded on the website. Stakeholders will be consulted about the draft law, if required. Law Minister Anisul Haq said this in a press conference at Bangladesh Computer Council […]
It is being said that journalists will be exempted from the provisions made in the new law to deal with defamation. In the new law, instead of sending them to jail, they will be fined. In December 2021, Law Minister Anisul Haque had said that direct cases would not be registered against journalists under the […]
