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The most popular social networking website might be unblocked for users across the country in a short time, an official of the ministry concerned said.
Bangladesh already received feedback from the Facebook authorities on removing offensive items from the website, which will help Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to lift the ban on the Facebook soon, Zia Ahmed, chairman of BTRC said.
The authorities have almost removed offensive contents after complaints from side, he said.
“I look forward to learning more about your local standards and working together to promote safe
use of Facebook in Bangladesh,” Joe Sullivan, chief security officer of Facebook was quoted by Ahmed as saying.
“My team is responsible for managing law enforcement relations on Facebook and promoting a safe experience on the site for our users. I can be your main point of contact as we work through and establish detailed processes for removing troubling content in the future,” Sullivan said in the mail.
This is the first reply from the Facebook to Bangladesh after the site was blocked in the country.
The BTRC chairman said already some offensive links have been removed, but some are still there.
“As we have now a channel to communicate with the Facebook team, I believe everything will be solved within a short time,” he pointed out.
Around nine lakh Facebook users in Bangladesh remain offline since Saturday after the government temporarily blocked access to the popular social networking website.
The decision came after the arrest of a Facebook user for uploading satiric images of some leading politicians including the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. BTRC said the largest social networking website was blocked also for hosting of some anti-religious and pornographic links by users across the globe.
Soon after the news of Facebook block, hundreds of Dhaka University students took to the campus streets May 30 to protest the government temporarily shutting down the website. They called the decision a contradiction to the government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ vision and “interference with the right of expression”.
The BTRC official said Facebook authorities admitted some of the contents violated Bangladesh law. Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam, Syria and China also temporarily blocked the popular site
Users in Bangladesh generally used this networking site to share personal details with friends.
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