Amnesty International said it welcomed the move to change the act, which it called “a draconian law that was weaponized by the ruling party and its allies to suppress dissent and stifle online freedom of expression”.
But it also sounded a note of caution, saying that “the same repressive features should not be repeated” in the new Act.
Human Rights Watch has stated that the DSA’s “vague and overly broad measures” were used to “harass and indefinitely detain” activists and journalists.
A study by the Center for Governance Studies, a Bangladesh think tank, found that the law was used to charge more than 1,500 people between January 2020 and September 15, 2021, including many journalists, teachers, politicians and students Were.