Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Digital Security Act, 2018, was a digital security law in Bangladesh.This act was passed with the aim of preventing the spread of racism; sectarianism; extremism; terrorist propaganda; and hatred against religious or ethnic minorities through social media, print media or any other electronic media.
The law renamed Digital Security Agency to Cyber Security Agency. [8] Transparency International Bangladesh and Article 19 have been critical of the law and its impact on the citizens of Bangladesh. [9] During the Quota reforms protests, the law was used to filed cases against those posting negative posts about then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...
The affected government websites were temporarily shut down to address the security vulnerabilities and strengthen their data protection measures. [10] [4] Additionally, the government launched an investigation into the incident to ascertain the extent of the data exposure and identify the parties responsible for the security weaknesses.
Police fired tear gas to scatter protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday, while authorities cut some mobile internet services as violent clashes that have killed six and injured hundreds this week ...
The Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ই-গভর্নমেন্ট কম্পিউটার ইনসিডেন্ট রেসপন্স টিম) is the state-run agency of the government of Bangladesh responsible for maintaining cybersecurity in the country.
On 12 December 2018 this division was awarded with Digital Bangladesh Award 2018. [35] On Police Week 2019 DC Md Alimuzzaman was awarded with Bangladesh Police Medal (service) and ADC A F M Al Kibria, ADC Sayed Nasirullah & Ishtiaque Ahmed were awarded with President Police Medal (service). [36]
Cyber Security Agency, formerly Digital Security Agency, (Bengali: ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা এজেন্সি) is a Bangladesh government security and intelligence agency responsible for monitoring online communication and countering cyber crimes. [1] Md. Khairul Amin the former Director General of the agency. [2]
Jyotirmoy Barua criticized the act saying it was used by the Bangladesh Police and the Awami League to silence dissent. [16] In four months of 2017, 21 journalists were sued under the act. [11] From 2013 to 2017, a minimum of 700 cases were filed under the act with the Cyber Tribunal. [11] The section was replaced by the Digital Security Act ...