Re: [bdlug] Crackdown on internet users in Bangladesh ? anyone know any more ?

[Rezwan]

This current action is apparently carried out under the purview of an amendment 
[of 2006] to BTRC Act, 2001 which basically gives blanket 
wiretapping/monitoring powers to law enforcing agencies. BTRC Act 2001: 
Amendment 97: a, b, c.
   
  Although this amendment contradicts one of BTRC’s prime directives: “To 
ensure protection of the privacy of telecommunication.” (BTRC Act, 2001. Para 
30(1)(f))
   
  And implementing this via the ISPs under duress instead of a separate 
monitoring cell raises lot of questions.
   
  BBC Bangla Service picked up this story in its daily Parikrama of its evening 
show on October 4, 2007. You can listen to the specific portion here.
   
  Transcript:
   
  Headline: Authorities in Bangladesh have taken measures to strengthen control 
on internet services provided.
   
  Bangladesh Telecommunication regulatory commission (BTRC) has taken some 
measures to monitor the Internet usage after a meeting with the Internet 
Service Provider (ISP) Association of Bangladesh. BTRC has also decided to 
create a database of the internet users of Bangladesh.
   
  The ISP association’s general secretary Russel T Mahmood tells BBC Bangla: 
“The most important thing is security. You know that people are threatening 
with emails, using email for various things. If these are not controlled from a 
central point you cannot trace them. The whole thing is to establish a control 
mechanism. We ISPs have corporate clients as well as individual clients. They 
have sought the details of these clients from us. How much bandwidth they uses, 
what are their IPs, what are their usage patterns these are basically the 
requirement from us. What we can fathom is that this is to monitor and prevent 
people from doing anything outside the legal boundary with bandwidth purchased 
from ISPs.”
   
  More details and backgrounds:
  
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/internet-user-profiling-and-surveillance-process-initiated-in-bangladesh/

  Thanks & regards,
   
  Rezwan
  Global Voices Online
  
Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
          On 10/4/07, Omi Azad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Anyone know anything about this ?
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> Crackdown on internet users in Bangladesh
> An E-Bangladesh exclusive
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> Thursday October 04 2007 17:22:07 PM BDT

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What kind of news is this? I am really thundered and surprised and also more
than these feelings.... what is going one??????????

Zico
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