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    Fake News in Social Media: Exploring the Impacts and Regulating Laws on Spreading Out Fake News
    (East West University, 2022-04-22) Afrin, Sadia
    The generation and dissemination of current events in our society are altering in this modern age of the internet and other social networks. A new process has evolved: the rapid conversion of conventional print media into the online media. On the one side, the internet has liberalized news creation and distribution, but it has also become a potential source for misleading information. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter are becoming strong sites for distributing information and media, given the growing usage of smartphones. New forms of online interaction, including Skype, WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE, among many others, have exacerbated the propagation of fake news. This paper tries to check whether the laws of Bangladesh are capable to bring the propagators of fake news to justice, especially propagators disseminating fake news beyond the border of Bangladesh. The present concerns surrounding false news are examined using the standard empirical-analytical technique in this research. In doing so the paper tried to illustrate and compare both the cases of the spread of fake news from Bangladesh and beyond Bangladesh. The paper argues that Bangladesh’s Government enacted laws that empowered the government to control the effect of fake news in Bangladesh but such laws are more reactive in nature rather than being proactive. As a result, the laws are not sufficient to mitigate damages and negative social aspects of fake news.
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    The Digital Security Act 2018: A Theoretical Evaluation on its Impacts on Freedom of Expression
    (East West University, 2019-04-18) Afrin, Sadia
    The right to freedom of expression is recognized all over the world which is a very significant right for every human being. Article 39 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 1972 gives the power of freedom of expression to the citizens of Bangladesh. However, this right is not an absolute one, there are some reasonable restrictions on it. The Parliament of Bangladesh currently made a law called the Digital Security Act 2018. This law introduces some provisions which protect the freedom of expression with reasonable restriction but on the other side, there are some provisions which affect the right of freedom of expression with unnecessary restriction. This research will focus on the negative and positive impacts of the Digital Security Act 2018 on freedom of expression and highlight the relevant issues.