DHAKA NEWS
Dhaka, Mar 22 The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday requested Facebook authorities to block public access to five pages on the social networking website.
The BTRC move came a day after the High Court ordered blocking of the five pages and a website for containing material blasphemous to Islam.
"We have requested Facebook to block the pages. Besides, necessary steps are being taken to shut the other website," said BTRC chairman Zia Ahmed.
Bangladesh Computer Security Incident Response Team, a special body BTRC formed in January this year to combat cyber crime, is also working to identify the people responsible for opening the pages and the website, sources said.
"BTRC cannot block pages on Facebook unless it decides to block the entire social networking website. That's why we have asked the website authorities to take the required action," explained a cyber crime expert of BTRC on condition of anonymity.
The other website would also be shut down once the person operating the website is identified, he added.
He, however, declined to disclose the pages and the website under question.
The court order came in response to a writ petition filed against the five Facebook pages and the site for containing objectionable remarks against Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and Islam.
The High Court also ordered the home secretary, information secretary, inspector-general of police, director-general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and BTRC to ensure implementation of the order.
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