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Bangladeshi telecom authorities shut down smartphone messaging and voice services Viber and Tango, which have become a popular communication medium for supporters of the anti-government protests now in their third week.
The Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission closed down the apps “for the time being” on orders from law enforcement and security agencies, a commission spokesman told AFP. He did not give reasons for the decision, but local television station Channel 24 said Viber and Tango were shut down to prevent protesters from “exchanging information” across the country.
Viber and Tango have been popular among opposition protesters, including activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist allies who have launched a crippling nationwide transport blockade to try to topple the government. The protests have turned increasingly violent with activists firebombing hundreds of buses and trucks, and security forces retaliating with live bullets or tear gas. At least 25 people have died in the latest violence including about a dozen burnt to death after protesters firebombed buses.
http://www.bgr.in/news/bangladesh-shuts-down-messaging-services-viber-and-tango-to-quell-violence/
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Do you think that such measures really work, either in the short term or in the long term ?? Given the above situation how would you handle it ?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 20 2015, @09:06AM
No religious person /in their right mind/ would take this literally.
I'm going to get a lot of flak for saying this, but honest belief in any religion is already a sign of insanity. People who treat ancient fairy tales as objective reality are not in their right mind at all.
But still, just because a relatively small number of sociopathic nutjobs go around on killing spreas and shout that it is because of $religion makes you look over the former and confirm the latter as cause.
Small number of nutjobs whose actions are condoned by most of the Islamic world [pewglobal.org], especially within their own sects.
Why? Because propaganda, that's why. Sorry, sir, you've been had.
Or perhaps you've been had by the "religion of peace" propaganda instead. I'm sure some Muslims are genuine nice guys who desperately cling to their faith, but they do not represent mainstream Islam.
(nonsense about Christianity)
Arguing about other religions is a red herring.