Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on October 27 said that the Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018 aimed at ensuring people’s cyber security was being misused in some cases, reports New Age. Addressing a dialogue with Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum at the Media Centre in the secretariat, the Minister said that the misuse of the DSA would decrease if the law enforcement agencies give proper attention to the issue. ‘Digitalisation would bring in danger if we cannot ensure security everywhere, such as the security of financial transactions,’ Jabbar said. He said that the Digital Security Act, 2018, was enacted to ensure the security of the people as the use of internet had increased. ‘But the law is being misused in some cases,’ he added.
Meanwhile, Hasanul Haq Inu, chief of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, a party of ruling 14-party alliance and also chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Ministry speaking to the reporters at Satkhira Circuit House on October 27 said that the Digital Security Act (DSA) should be amended to stop abuse of the law, reports Dhaka Tribune. He said “The Digital Security Act has to be revised, so that mainstream media journalists can be protected from misuse of the law. A digital space has been created due to the advancement of information and communication technology. This digital space is now under attack from communal forces and cyber criminals; women are being harassed. Ensuring cyber security is a key task to protect human rights. But it (DSA) is being abused. It should be revised to prevent abuse.”