Blockade of facebook, the social network which is being used by around nine lakh Bangladeshis, has irked both youths and people from all strata of the society.
On Monday hundreds of thousands of users of the social site demanded immediate reopening of the site so that they can continue communication with friends and relatives.
Experts said blockade of the site is not a solution such incident. The government functionaries should have found other ways to delete the unwanted links.
Talking to The New Nation yesterday chairman of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of the University of Dhaka Dr Suraiya Pervin said blockade of the site is not a good solution. He who wants to enter the site will find out alternative ways to surf the site, she said.
She sad people who violated privacy of others through the site are educated people. Internet users can be motivated so that such incidents do not occur in the future. Despite the ban, many users were found entering facebook using different proxy sites. People who have vast knowledge about information technology can enter the site easily.
Investigation found that there are numbers of sites through which one can surf website anonymously hiding their Internet Protocol (IP) address. Through this websites on Monday many entered in their facebook accounts.
Some of them have used the proxy 110.137.25.130 on port 80 to surf the facebook. Some have also entered the blocked site through www.vtunnel.com and some used http://1.3.hidemyass.com to enter the social network. Experts said there are many such websites through which one can enter any blocked site.
Talking to The New Nation Khondoker A Al Azad, treasurer of the Internet Services Providers Association of Bangladesh demanded immediate opening of the blocked site.
He said such a move will ultimately hamper government's move to make digital Bangladesh.
"Facebook is not only used by youths. Now-a-days it is also used by people of all ages. It is also used as marketing tool. It should not be kept banned."
"Some people may have misused the technology. They should be punished. Alternative ways can be find out to stop such misuse, but such a big social network which is used globally should not be barred from use for such a lame excuse," he said.
Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, renowned IT expert, also a user of facebook, on Sunday said free flow of information has to be ensured for digitisation of the country. Blockade of facebook is not a long term solution. Ban of facebook may cast negative impact on Bangladesh's image abroad, he said.
He said that facebook is not blocked globally. So, use of the site will not be stopped forever. If anyone wants to spread propaganda, they would do so from other countries.
Choudhury suggested formation of policy to regulate facebook and other social site.
One Iqbal from Dhaka in his opinion said, "Even conservative Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia haven't done such outrageous thing."
Sheikh Monirul Islam said, "Facebook is not just a social networking tool, it has reached a level of dominance in the market which made it the powerful advertising media. That is why Microsoft paid a huge amount of US$240 million for 1.6 per cent share of facebook pushing its implied value, which is going to bring US$2 billion in revenue this year."
"Our kids need to learn from facebook how a young man of 20 years of age, a code writer since secondary school, from his Harvard dormitory, using free software MySQL, working late night drinking red-bull, created such an innovative idea of connecting students in the campus, can become a powerful dominating financial power. We need our kids to be innovative to make a real digital Bangladesh," he said.
Another user said, "It is astonishing that the authority is forcing thousands of people to use 'alternate' means to access facebook just because of one 'offensive cyber criminal."
Riya Khan said, "I just want the facebook back."
Alvy Chowdhury said, "Facebook is also banned in china but they have their own 'national security concerned' reason. The ban of facebook in Bangladesh seems rather whimsical to me. I really wonder how a government can take such a decision based on a fragile reason."
Anas Nasarullah said, "Blocking facebook is hilarious attitude of Bangladesh government. No monarchy can stand in this world of open information."
Nadia said, "This is hilarious, we are not bothered of these political issues. We just ant facebook back."
On Monday hundreds of thousands of users of the social site demanded immediate reopening of the site so that they can continue communication with friends and relatives.
Experts said blockade of the site is not a solution such incident. The government functionaries should have found other ways to delete the unwanted links.
Talking to The New Nation yesterday chairman of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of the University of Dhaka Dr Suraiya Pervin said blockade of the site is not a good solution. He who wants to enter the site will find out alternative ways to surf the site, she said.
She sad people who violated privacy of others through the site are educated people. Internet users can be motivated so that such incidents do not occur in the future. Despite the ban, many users were found entering facebook using different proxy sites. People who have vast knowledge about information technology can enter the site easily.
Investigation found that there are numbers of sites through which one can surf website anonymously hiding their Internet Protocol (IP) address. Through this websites on Monday many entered in their facebook accounts.
Some of them have used the proxy 110.137.25.130 on port 80 to surf the facebook. Some have also entered the blocked site through www.vtunnel.com and some used http://1.3.hidemyass.com to enter the social network. Experts said there are many such websites through which one can enter any blocked site.
Talking to The New Nation Khondoker A Al Azad, treasurer of the Internet Services Providers Association of Bangladesh demanded immediate opening of the blocked site.
He said such a move will ultimately hamper government's move to make digital Bangladesh.
"Facebook is not only used by youths. Now-a-days it is also used by people of all ages. It is also used as marketing tool. It should not be kept banned."
"Some people may have misused the technology. They should be punished. Alternative ways can be find out to stop such misuse, but such a big social network which is used globally should not be barred from use for such a lame excuse," he said.
Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, renowned IT expert, also a user of facebook, on Sunday said free flow of information has to be ensured for digitisation of the country. Blockade of facebook is not a long term solution. Ban of facebook may cast negative impact on Bangladesh's image abroad, he said.
He said that facebook is not blocked globally. So, use of the site will not be stopped forever. If anyone wants to spread propaganda, they would do so from other countries.
Choudhury suggested formation of policy to regulate facebook and other social site.
One Iqbal from Dhaka in his opinion said, "Even conservative Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia haven't done such outrageous thing."
Sheikh Monirul Islam said, "Facebook is not just a social networking tool, it has reached a level of dominance in the market which made it the powerful advertising media. That is why Microsoft paid a huge amount of US$240 million for 1.6 per cent share of facebook pushing its implied value, which is going to bring US$2 billion in revenue this year."
"Our kids need to learn from facebook how a young man of 20 years of age, a code writer since secondary school, from his Harvard dormitory, using free software MySQL, working late night drinking red-bull, created such an innovative idea of connecting students in the campus, can become a powerful dominating financial power. We need our kids to be innovative to make a real digital Bangladesh," he said.
Another user said, "It is astonishing that the authority is forcing thousands of people to use 'alternate' means to access facebook just because of one 'offensive cyber criminal."
Riya Khan said, "I just want the facebook back."
Alvy Chowdhury said, "Facebook is also banned in china but they have their own 'national security concerned' reason. The ban of facebook in Bangladesh seems rather whimsical to me. I really wonder how a government can take such a decision based on a fragile reason."
Anas Nasarullah said, "Blocking facebook is hilarious attitude of Bangladesh government. No monarchy can stand in this world of open information."
Nadia said, "This is hilarious, we are not bothered of these political issues. We just ant facebook back."
Dr. Farseem M Mohammedy said, "There are positive effects of facebook, which is totally sidelined in this government ban. We can arrange many study-circles and science club activities through facebook. Other organisations have stronger presence among the facebook members. Why stopping this site for some nincompoops."
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