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Bangladesh’s Digital Security Bill can have a ‘chilling effect on free speech’: Asia Internet Coalition
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Asia Internet Coalition said in June that Bangladesh’s Digital Security Bill (BDSA) creates several obstacles to the conducive use of the internet ecosystem due to several vague obligations, unchecked powers, disproportionate penalties, and unworkable compliance requirements. The coalition, to which Facebook, Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo! are members, pointed out that the Act can have a chilling effect on free speech, and highlighted issues with how offences are laid out in it. Other members of the coalition are Apple, Expedia Group, Line, Rakuten, Airbnb, Grab, and Booking.com.
Bangladesh had passed the Digital Security Bill 2018 in September last year. Protests have been carried out against the bill; Amnesty International has called the law an attack on freedom of expression.
The coalition pointed out its issues with the Act, and also made some recommendations:
The act can have a ‘chilling effect on free speech’; offences under Act vague and subjective
AIC said that certain provisions of the act such as Section 21, 25 and 31 will have a “chilling effect on speech” because they’re “vaguely drafted”. It cited Section 66A of India’s IT Act which the Indian Supreme Court struck down for being “open ended, undefined, and vague”. It also urged the Bangladeshi government bear in view the “well established” tenets of international human rights law such as Article 19(3) of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights. It points out issues specific to different clauses:
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We missed this earlier.
Asia Internet Coalition said in June that Bangladesh’s Digital Security Bill (BDSA) creates several obstacles to the conducive use of the internet ecosystem due to several vague obligations, unchecked powers, disproportionate penalties, and unworkable compliance requirements. The coalition, to which Facebook, Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo! are members, pointed out that the Act can have a chilling effect on free speech, and highlighted issues with how offences are laid out in it. Other members of the coalition are Apple, Expedia Group, Line, Rakuten, Airbnb, Grab, and Booking.com.
Bangladesh had passed the Digital Security Bill 2018 in September last year. Protests have been carried out against the bill; Amnesty International has called the law an attack on freedom of expression.
The coalition pointed out its issues with the Act, and also made some recommendations:
The act can have a ‘chilling effect on free speech’; offences under Act vague and subjective
AIC said that certain provisions of the act such as Section 21, 25 and 31 will have a “chilling effect on speech” because they’re “vaguely drafted”. It cited Section 66A of India’s IT Act which the Indian Supreme Court struck down for being “open ended, undefined, and vague”. It also urged the Bangladeshi government bear in view the “well established” tenets of international human rights law such as Article 19(3) of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights. It points out issues specific to different clauses:
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https://rwtxt.lelux.fi/blackbox/bangladeshs-digital-security-bill-can-have-a-chilling-effect-on-free-speech-asia-internet-coalition
#Bangladesh #DigitalSecurityBil #BDSA #Asia #FreeSpeach #chilling #thinkabout
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Want to buy a parrot? Please login via Facebook.
In Bangladesh, there is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook.
In April 2020, in the midst of an ongoing national lockdown, Ahmed Imran Kabir decided to buy a parrot.
After most of the management classes Kabir taught at a university in Dhaka were canceled or moved online, he suddenly had plenty of time to focus on his passion project: becoming a part-time bird breeder. Sitting in his three-bedroom apartment one day, Kabir keyed in the phrase “Buy-sell birds Dhaka” on Facebook and joined about half a dozen groups dedicated to avian retail.
“Breeding pair. Age: 20 days. Contact by phone or inbox” read one post, alongside images of a pair of grayish-brown cockatiels. Another seller, located in the Kallyanpur neighborhood in Dhaka, posted pictures of yellow-feathered lutino cockatiels, with the Bengali phrase hat bodol hobe — which loosely translates as “to change hands.” The wording was intended to circumvent a Facebook algorithm that, to prevent wildlife trafficking, automatically takes down posts with “buy” or “sell” in the description. If an interested buyer did contact an owner, the next step was to haggle over the price of the bird on Facebook Messenger.
https://restofworld.org/2020/bangladesh-economy-runs-on-facebook/
#asia #bangladesh #facebook
In Bangladesh, there is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook.
In April 2020, in the midst of an ongoing national lockdown, Ahmed Imran Kabir decided to buy a parrot.
After most of the management classes Kabir taught at a university in Dhaka were canceled or moved online, he suddenly had plenty of time to focus on his passion project: becoming a part-time bird breeder. Sitting in his three-bedroom apartment one day, Kabir keyed in the phrase “Buy-sell birds Dhaka” on Facebook and joined about half a dozen groups dedicated to avian retail.
“Breeding pair. Age: 20 days. Contact by phone or inbox” read one post, alongside images of a pair of grayish-brown cockatiels. Another seller, located in the Kallyanpur neighborhood in Dhaka, posted pictures of yellow-feathered lutino cockatiels, with the Bengali phrase hat bodol hobe — which loosely translates as “to change hands.” The wording was intended to circumvent a Facebook algorithm that, to prevent wildlife trafficking, automatically takes down posts with “buy” or “sell” in the description. If an interested buyer did contact an owner, the next step was to haggle over the price of the bird on Facebook Messenger.
https://restofworld.org/2020/bangladesh-economy-runs-on-facebook/
#asia #bangladesh #facebook
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Want to buy a parrot? Please login via Facebook
There is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook.
🇧🇩 BANGLADESH - US-puppet Muhammad #Yunus, 84, has been flown in and will be installed as "chief adviser along with a team of advisers" later on Thursday. After the dissolution of the elected cabinet and the forced exile of the former Prime Minister, an unelected foreign-controlled junta is seizing total power in Bangladesh.
After all the #ColourRevolutions we witnessed in the last decades how can governments still be toppled by people who follow the same old playbook? Governments that allow #NED, #USAID, and hundreds of Western-funded NGOs to operate freely in their country, create their clientele, groom students and civil society leaders, set up news outlets, infiltrate the media, brainwash the population, fund fifth columns, gather intelligence etc. should realize that they have lost their #sovereignty even before a colour revolution starts.
@LauraRuHK
#CIA #Clinton #Bangladesh
After all the #ColourRevolutions we witnessed in the last decades how can governments still be toppled by people who follow the same old playbook? Governments that allow #NED, #USAID, and hundreds of Western-funded NGOs to operate freely in their country, create their clientele, groom students and civil society leaders, set up news outlets, infiltrate the media, brainwash the population, fund fifth columns, gather intelligence etc. should realize that they have lost their #sovereignty even before a colour revolution starts.
@LauraRuHK
#CIA #Clinton #Bangladesh
🇧🇩 The Downfall of Sheikh Hasina Wajid: From Progress to Protest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s economic plight and stagnant employment growth in the private sector led to widespread dissatisfaction among the citizens. Almost 32 million Bengali citizens out of the total population of 170 million are jobless or uneducated. Dollar reserves in the country are shrinking, while inflation hovers at around 10 percent per annum. The Ba..
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#Bangladesh #SheikHasinaWajid
Bangladesh’s economic plight and stagnant employment growth in the private sector led to widespread dissatisfaction among the citizens. Almost 32 million Bengali citizens out of the total population of 170 million are jobless or uneducated. Dollar reserves in the country are shrinking, while inflation hovers at around 10 percent per annum. The Ba..
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#Bangladesh #SheikHasinaWajid
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🇧🇩 The Micro Debt | Prof. Muhammad Yunus Documentary by Tom Heinemann - 2019
Heinemann's investigation spans three continents, from the slums of #Bangladesh and Andhra Pradesh in #India to the rural areas of Oaxaca, #Mexico. The narrative is hauntingly similar: borrowers entangled in multiple #loans, exorbitant interest rates, and ruthless loan officers.
The #documentary also scrutinizes the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Grameen Bank, and its founder, Muhammad Yunus. Unearthed documents reveal questionable financial practices, including the transfer of $100 million—mostly grants from countries like Norway and the USA—to a new Grameen entity for tax benefits
In a world where the poor are often romanticized as diligent repayers of debt, "The #MicroDebt" serves as a stark reminder that not all solutions are as they seem. The film has garnered international attention and awards, even contributing to #Yunus's controversial removal from #GrameenBank.
Website :https://tomheinemann.dk/the-micro-debt/
#Clinton
Heinemann's investigation spans three continents, from the slums of #Bangladesh and Andhra Pradesh in #India to the rural areas of Oaxaca, #Mexico. The narrative is hauntingly similar: borrowers entangled in multiple #loans, exorbitant interest rates, and ruthless loan officers.
The #documentary also scrutinizes the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Grameen Bank, and its founder, Muhammad Yunus. Unearthed documents reveal questionable financial practices, including the transfer of $100 million—mostly grants from countries like Norway and the USA—to a new Grameen entity for tax benefits
In a world where the poor are often romanticized as diligent repayers of debt, "The #MicroDebt" serves as a stark reminder that not all solutions are as they seem. The film has garnered international attention and awards, even contributing to #Yunus's controversial removal from #GrameenBank.
Website :https://tomheinemann.dk/the-micro-debt/
#Clinton
🇧🇩🇺🇸 NATURAL GAS FIND IS BEHIND COUP IN BANGLADESH ?
Following the discovery of an offshore natural gas field in Bangladesh in May 2024, the then-PM Sheikh Hasina announced a tender for gas exploration.
That drew interest from several transnational firms, including US Corporations Exxon Mobil and Chevron
China already imports gas from the seabed west of Myanmar to Yunnan province. That was not to the liking of the US, which has put its own candidate at the helm of the country.
#Bangladesh is the 25th largest producer of natural gas in the world. There are 20 gas-producing onshore fields in the country.
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Following the discovery of an offshore natural gas field in Bangladesh in May 2024, the then-PM Sheikh Hasina announced a tender for gas exploration.
That drew interest from several transnational firms, including US Corporations Exxon Mobil and Chevron
China already imports gas from the seabed west of Myanmar to Yunnan province. That was not to the liking of the US, which has put its own candidate at the helm of the country.
#Bangladesh is the 25th largest producer of natural gas in the world. There are 20 gas-producing onshore fields in the country.
@geo_gaganauts