Skype, Twitter, Imo blocked
Three days after lifting a 22-day ban on Facebook, the government yesterday blocked social networking sites Twitter, Skype and Imo.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) last evening sent a letter to all mobile phone operators and telecom service providers in the country, asking them to suspend the three popular services immediately.
A top official of a mobile phone operator told The Daily Star that they received such a letter around 9:00pm.
Asked to explain the move, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood said they acted on government instructions.
Earlier on Thursday, the government unblocked Facebook, but the ban on WhatsApp and Viber remains in place. These three services were blocked on November 18, soon after the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes.
Earlier on January 18, the government blocked mobile applications Viber, WhatsApp, Tango, Mypeople and Line for security reasons. The services were unblocked four days later.
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