This article discusses how the voice/video calling app called Viber has been banned in Bangladesh. It discusses the reasons as to why it had been banned.
- Bangladeshi telecoms authorities have shut down smartphone messaging service Viber, which had become a popular communication medium for anti-government protesters.
- He did not give reasons for the decision, but local television station Channel 24 said Viber was shut down to prevent protesters from “exchanging information” across the country.
- At least 25 people have died in the latest violence including about a dozen burned to death after protesters firebombed buses.
- The government has deployed thousands of police, paramilitaries and an elite anti-militant force to crack down on the protesters. But the violence has continued unabated, disrupting transport services and shipments of garments, the country’s biggest export.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/19/viber-banned-bangladesh-smartphone-messaging-service
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