Cyber Security Act (CSA)

New data laws put state power above people’s privacy

A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.

The law Bangladesh needs to protect children

Grooming is the process through which an adult establishes a connection with an underage individual to win their trust, with the eventual aim of sexually abusing or exploiting them.

Draft cyber ordinance gets a scrubbing

When the new cyber protection law comes into effect, a majority of the cases filed under its predecessors -- Digital Security Act and Cyber Security Act -- will automatically be dismissed.

CSA getting scrapped

The interim government yesterday decided in principle to repeal the Cyber Security Act which has been used to curb press freedom and suppress political dissent.

No alternative to repealing CSA

Describing the Cyber Security Act (CSA) as a tool used by the previous “fascist government” to stifle free speech and instil fear among the populace, speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for the law to be immediately repealed.

‘CSA will be repealed’

Law Adviser Asif Nazul yesterday said the government will move towards repealing the controversial Cyber Security Act.

Writing in the time of autocracy

it is difficult to put a number on those innumerable Bangladeshis who lived in fear or had a peripatetic life during Hasina-led regime.

Cancel all CSA, DSA cases against journos: Editors' Council

The Editors' Council today demanded that the government withdraws and cancels all the cases including those filed against journalists under the Cyber Security Act (CSA) and the previous Digital Security Act, as well as harassment cases related to the recent movement

Sharifa's Tale / 'Government should not be swayed by the opinions of a small extremist minority'

Researcher Maheen Sultan shares her insights on the backlash against 'Sharifa's Tale' and promoting comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Bangladesh.

September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024

Writing in the time of autocracy

it is difficult to put a number on those innumerable Bangladeshis who lived in fear or had a peripatetic life during Hasina-led regime.

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Cancel all CSA, DSA cases against journos: Editors' Council

The Editors' Council today demanded that the government withdraws and cancels all the cases including those filed against journalists under the Cyber Security Act (CSA) and the previous Digital Security Act, as well as harassment cases related to the recent movement

July 5, 2024
July 5, 2024

'Government should not be swayed by the opinions of a small extremist minority'

Researcher Maheen Sultan shares her insights on the backlash against 'Sharifa's Tale' and promoting comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Bangladesh.

May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024

DSA was indeed a political weapon

What guarantee is there that the CSA won’t be abused similarly?

February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024

Flowery rhetoric on CSA cannot redeem it

High Court judge’s comments a wake-up call for CSA proponents

December 1, 2023
December 1, 2023

Overhaul the Cyber Security Agency to protect data

Citizens’ data must be protected

November 20, 2023
November 20, 2023

Will Khadija’s ordeal end with her release?

The long shadow of DSA continues to haunt victims

October 15, 2023
October 15, 2023

Are we listening to the young people?

They must be able to enjoy the benefits of a functioning democracy

September 18, 2023
September 18, 2023

The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the CSA

The timing of the Cyber Security Act, in the run-up to the elections, was hardly surprising

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023

Parliament passes Cyber Security Bill

Parliament passed the Cyber Security Bill after the State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak tabled it in today's session