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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: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday January 22 2015, @05:23AM
Here's your comment full sentence by full sentence:
- Irrelevant ad hominem but thanks for calling me a hipster I think that's a first :D (yeah I know it's an insult; don't worry I read you loud and clear).
- Obviously factually incorrect but that's to be expected since you're clueless: you wouldn't know and you don't know. A lot more people talk together a lot more than you realize; they all live in a shared environment. They all have families and friends and associates, they're just as diverse as society in general, many of them are themselves immigrants, some are even muslim. There's nothing rare about the things I speak of, the problems have some degree of official public recognition although it's fucking obvious there's a concerted effort to belittle the issues (although that really stopped working about five year ago): one can't hide shit like this forever, that just doesn't work, too many people are affected on a daily basis. The “left” is playing catch-up to the “right”, who is playing catch-up to the new-ish political parties, who is playing catch-up to general public sentiment, who is playing catch-up to the people risking their lives to exercise their freedoms and/or voice their dissatisfaction, who are trying to avoid the outcomes that involve war etc..
- Meaningless ad hominem (and on the internet of all places lol).
- Stereotypical nonsensical and irrelevant ad hominem (hatred, so scary (sarcasm)) based on lack of reading comprehension (the end is talking about people like you not muslims).
- Where in my comment do I say that? Is that your general impression from reading my comment?
- I'll tell you again: you don't have a clue.
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