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3 hours agoBangladesh closes several security news portals
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has closed several news portals for several hours during today, arguing that this is being done for security reasons. Officials had investigated many pages earlier before holding parliamentary elections this month. The move comes as the government of Prime Minister Hasina is [...]
The move comes after the government of Prime Minister Hasina is facing criticism for the new laws, which journalists say are the government's attempts to suppress media freedom. The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission applied international for blocking 58 portals, without examining the safety risks in detail. As a result, the gates were calm for at least 12 hours.
A government official has stated that these 58 pages were not registered in the Information Ministry, so their contents were investigated. It is at the responsibility of this ministry to put all pages in a system so that they can function fairly”, he said. This is seen as trying to put control on these pages before parliamentary elections, expected to be held on December 30th, writes “Reuters”
