{"id":8328,"date":"2023-08-07T07:28:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2023-08-07T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:30:41","slug":"repeal-of-the-digital-security-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/news\/8328\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeal of the Digital Security Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>Dhaka Bureau:<\/strong> The government has canceled the Digital Security Act 2018.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It is said to be amended and replaced by the Cyber Security Act 2023.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting on Monday (August 7).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It is said to be replaced by the \u201cCyber Security Act-2023\u201d.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Human rights activists have been demanding the repeal of the Digital Security Act for a long time in order to uphold the freedom of the media, the right to freedom of thought and expression, and above all to ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of people.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Earlier, Law Minister Anisul Haque said last Wednesday that the Digital Security Act-2018 will not be repealed or changed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">But the process to amend the law to prevent misuse is underway, which will be completed by next September.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka Bureau: The government has canceled the Digital Security Act 2018. It is said to be amended and replaced by the Cyber Security Act 2023. This decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting on Monday (August 7). It is said to be replaced by the \u201cCyber Security Act-2023\u201d. Human rights activists have been demanding the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Repeal of the Digital Security Act - The Crime BD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/news\/8328\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Repeal of the Digital Security Act - The Crime BD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dhaka Bureau: The government has canceled the Digital Security Act 2018. 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