How Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act Is Creating a Culture of Fear
The Bangladeshi government has used a vaguely worded law on digital security to crack down on its critics and dispel online dissent.
Ali Riaz is a distinguished professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University and a nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. His research interests are democratization, violent extremism, political Islam, South Asian politics, and Bangladeshi politics.
The Bangladeshi government has used a vaguely worded law on digital security to crack down on its critics and dispel online dissent.