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weeks time. We would like to get your inputs about this issue. I know many
govts have implemented filtering like this and all most all the report I
have seen suggest that this does more harm than good for the people. The
situation in a country like Bangladesh deserves special care as there are
millions of people here who donot have basic education and are easily
agitated by inappropriate/fake content. To give you an idea about the
seriousness of the issue, I would say that in a single day in February 40
people were dead!

Please let us know what you think can be done? What is the alternative?
Does global companies have more responsibility in making their policies
such that it takes care about issues in developing countries?

Thanks
Faisal Hasan, PhD
Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter

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Dear Friends,<div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-fa=
mily:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px=
;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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=A0</span><span class=3D"text_exposed_show"=
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',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;backg=
round-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Google=92s refusal to take down the trailer o=
f a religiously sensitive film from its website Youtube.com. Bangladesh eve=
n asked Google to install a mirror server for Bangladesh nine months ago so=
 that such videos could be filtered out.=A0</span><span style=3D"background=
-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color=3D"#333333" face=3D"lucida grande, tah=
oma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style=3D"line-height:18px">Youtube i=
s still blocked in Bangladesh since last=A0September. </span></font></span>=
<span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-f=
amily:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13p=
x;line-height:18px">=A0</span><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"fo=
nt-size:13px;display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida gra=
nde',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px;background-color:=
rgb(255,255,255)">Recently, in Bangladesh the Internet has become a double =
edged sword which is used not only by activists to raise voice for legitima=
te reasons but also by some bad politicians to provoke innocent people to c=
reate deadly=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(25=
5,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,v=
erdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">violence.=A0</span><span style=3D=
"font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-=
family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:=
18px">We have already have had 'our spring' last February. Clearly,=
 the government is in a dire situation.</span></div>
<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></s=
pan></div>
<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">From ou=
r chapter we are initiating a dialogue with the government in two weeks tim=
e. We would like to get your inputs about this issue. I know many govts hav=
e implemented filtering like this and all most all the report I have seen s=
uggest that this does more harm than good for the people. The situation in =
a country like Bangladesh deserves special care as there are millions of pe=
ople here who donot have basic education and are easily agitated by inappro=
priate/fake content. To give you an idea about the seriousness of the issue=
, I would say that in a single day in February 40 people were dead!</span><=
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<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
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;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></s=
pan></div>
<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please =
let us know what you think can be done? What is the alternative? Does globa=
l companies have more responsibility in making their policies such that it =
takes care about issues in developing countries?</span></div>
<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></s=
pan></div>
<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thanks<=
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<div><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display:inline;color:rgb(51=
,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Faisal =
Hasan, PhD</span></div>
<div><font color=3D"#333333" face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial,=
 sans-serif"><span style=3D"line-height:18px">Internet Society Bangladesh D=
haka Chapter</span></font></div>

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