DhakaThe Digital Security Act produced 7,001 cases by 2023.
Critics say a new draft cyber law aimed at AI fakes revives that censorship.
The technology division’s draft targets AI-generated images, after a study found 72 manipulated items before the February election.
Pro-Awami League pages targeted women leaders with fabricated images hinting at sexual impropriety.
A five-member cabinet committee under Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam is reviewing the draft.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices leans critical
- frames the cyber-law draft as a speech-policing fight, tying it to the 72 AI-manipulated election items Global Voices counted
Sources: Global Voices