Data, more specifically private data, on digital platforms has put a great impact towards the technological advancement over the last decade. Most of the data is now controlled by a few giant tech companies resulting in the monopolisation of data. Many countries are, however, adopting laws regarding data localisation.
Is not the media already under duress, and its function heavily encumbered by the Digital Security Act (DSA), without needing a new law which is now on the anvil of the Bangladesh Press Council (BPC)?
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Bangladesh is planning to introduce legislation, almost certain to be enacted, that experts say would curtail freedom of expression and the press and result in an effective government seizure of digital media.