Religious Bigotry: Facebook takes down 112 pages

Social networking site Facebook took down 112 accounts, pages, web links and news portals operated from Bangladesh in the last one and a half years on charges of inciting religious extremism and militancy, State Minister for Telecommunications Tarana Halim told parliament yesterday.

Replying to lawmakers' queries, she said as per the list prepared by the home ministry, the government during this period requested the Facebook authorities to terminate 196 accounts, pages, web links and news portals.

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The Facebook authorities now respond to a complaint in 48 hours, the state minister told the House.

Tarana said whenever any online post incites religious extremism and militancy, the home ministry sends the web link to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) which later takes steps through the Bangladesh Computer Security Incident Response Team and National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre.