The government says it is now crafting a law to regulate social media in the wake of protests that have been mainly organised through the platforms.
The Computer and Cyber Crime Bill if passed into law would enable the government to demand the source of information of any content deemed to be in violation of the law.
Similar legislation has been used in the past to persecute government critics including the privately owned media through cooked up criminal cases that never stick in the courts. However, this time the government is fighting a losing battle. The internet cannot be shutdown even by the most autocratic regimes especially by bankrupt ones.
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Source : The Standard
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