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PM-PRESS CONFERENCE 3 LAST NEW YORK

In reply to a question about the Digital Security Act 2018, the prime minister said cyber crime is now an issue of discussion across the world as all the countries are affected due to it.

“We’ve enacted the law against the cyber crime not against the journalists,” she said, adding that the cyber crime has emerged as a global problem after terrorism and militancy.

Criticizing the journalists, Sheikh Hasina said, “You are only seeing one side of the law that it will gag the voice of journalists. In fact, there is nothing to choke the voice of journalists.”

Noting that cyber security was also discussed in a segment of the United Nations General Assembly, she said all are worried about the cyber security as different social crimes, terror and militant acts are provoked through cyber means.

The prime minister questioned whether it’s not essential to check various offences in social and digital media when all from minor children to youths are going to the wrong paths or lose mental balance.

“If any journalist practices fair journalism, why he or she will be scared?” she said.

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