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Bangladesh: Crackdown on social media ahead of elections (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 27, 2018

Draconian cyber laws and surveillance of social media are some of the tools used by the government of Bangladesh to target critics ahead of elections scheduled for January 2019.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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