The Bangladeshi government has used a vaguely worded law known as the Digital Security Act to crack down on its critics and dispel online dissent. Ali Riaz explains how the regime in Bangladesh has used the national security law and breaks down the data around who the government has been targeting.
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0:00 What is the Digital Security Act?
1:00 How has the DSA been used by the government?
1:52 Who is being accused and arrested under the DSA?
2:55 How has the DSA affected the country’s democratic backsliding?
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