[Chapter-delegates] Content filtering and jurisdiction of cyberspace

[Faisal Hasan]

Dear Friends,

Bangladesh Govt. plans to filter internet contents. We know that this
option of filtering is not a solution, instead efforts must be taken to
remove content from the source. The move actually stemmed from Google’s
refusal to take down the trailer of a religiously sensitive film from its
website Youtube.com. Bangladesh even asked Google to install a mirror
server for Bangladesh nine months ago so that such videos could be filtered
out. Youtube is still blocked in Bangladesh since last September.  Recently,
in Bangladesh the Internet has become a double edged sword which is used
not only by activists to raise voice for legitimate reasons but also by
some bad politicians to provoke innocent people to create deadly violence. We
have already have had 'our spring' last February. Clearly, the government
is in a dire situation.