Dhaka – State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim at the two-day international workshop on cyber crimes titled “Digital Bangladesh: Focusing on Cybercrime, Safe Internet and Broadband” said that the government is planning on sitting with the social networking site Facebook this month to identify the pages that contains militancy and objectionable contents.Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO) has organized the workshop with the cooperation of Posts and Telecommunications Division and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) that commenced Tuesday in the capital.
Tarana said they would also take necessary measure to stop the Facebook pages which have been spreading militancy and objectionable contents from abroad.
In her speech, Tarana said every social networking site is being operated with its own terms and policy, so they have to keep in mind that any part of the policy would not go against the law of the country.
She also added, Coordination must be required among three ministries, such as, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Information, and Ministry of Posts and Communications Division to implement and formulate the cyber-security strategies and policies.
Earlier, Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Choudhury inaugurated the event as chief guest in city’s Hotel Le Meridien this morning.
Speaking on the occasion, Shirin Sharmin said the government is determined to secure personal information and security that is why now the cyber security has been appeared as one of the important issue to it.
Mentioning that the government has put concentration to strengthen further the telecommunication and cyber security in the country, she said Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy is working relentlessly to make the “digital Bangladesh” campaign successful within the stipulated time.
Shirin Sharmin urged the authorities concerned to ensure cyber security as every people of the country are getting the touch of digitization. – Staff Reporter
