Bangladesh has published a new set of proposed amendments to the Cyber Security Act, 2026. Revisiting a new statute is not inherently troubling. What matters is the direction of the revision. The latest draft would reintroduce criminal defamation, add offences built around “humiliation”, “bullying”, “rumor” and “misinformation”, widen the state’s power to block online content, and weaken safeguards that currently require transparency and rapid tribunal scrutiny. The draft CSA is not simply an update to cybercrime law. It risks moving Bangladesh back toward the regulatory logic that made the 2018 Digital Security Act (DSA) so vulnerable to abuse. The draft…
Author: Asif Elahy Dipto
Asif Elahy Dipto
Asif Elahy Dipto is a Program Intern, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Dhaka, Bangaldesh. He can be reached at asifelahydip@gmail.com.