Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology has recently dismissed a parliamentary standing committee's recommendation for closing down TikTok in the country.
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AFP
Updated at 6:51 p.m. ET on 2021-02-17
A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday directed that an Al Jazeera documentary be removed from social media platforms in the country, telecom regulators said, a day after army chief Gen. Aziz Ahmed dismissed allegations made by the film against him and his brothers.
The chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said requests for the removal had been forwarded to Facebook and YouTube.
“We have yet to get the High Court order to remove the Al Jazeera documentary from social media platforms, but we are not waiting for the written order to come,” BTRC head Shyam Sunder Sikder told BenarNews. “After being briefed by the lawyer representing us at the court, we have sent requests to the Facebook and YouTube authorities to remove the documentary.
Reuters
Facebook blocked two Bangladesh non-profit organizations over allegations that they targeted activists, journalists and minorities by hacking into their online content and disseminating “fictitious” information, security officials with the company said this week.
The social media giant identified the organizations as Don’s Team (also known as Defense of Nation) and the Crime Research and Analysis Foundation (CRAF).
“Don’s Team and CRAF collaborated to report people on Facebook for fictitious violations of our community standards, including alleged impersonation, intellectual property infringements, nudity and terrorism,” Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy, and Mike Dvilyanski, cyber threat intelligence manager, said in a statement issued Thursday.