BTRC asked to intensify monitoring on Basherkella, Nurani Chapa
The government on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to intensify monitoring on a facebook page and a blog site and to block these if any objectionable content gets posted there.
Additional Secretary Mainuddin Khandaker of home ministry said "BTRC has been asked to monitor every post on Facebook page Basherkella and blog site --Nurani Chapa Samagra."
"We also urged print and electronic media not to publish any posts or contents from blog-sites and social online sites without taking prior permission from the concern persons" he added.
The government on March 13 formed the committee, with home ministry’s Additional Secretary Mainuddin Khandaker as its chief.
Presiding over a meeting at his secretariat office Mainuddin said so far police arrested four suspected bloggers and seven others are under close monitoring.
Jamaat-Shibir facebook page Basherkella usually carries posts anti-government while Nurani Chapa Samagra generally carries indecent remarks against Islam and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh).
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