On the background of widespread pornography, Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers’ Association- BMPCA, a vocal organization on consumer rights, has called for the control of pornography by conducting special operations in computer shops besides bringing important browsers under accountability and control.
In a statement sent to the media on Saturday (October 15), the president of the organization, Mohiuddin Ahmed, said that before the advent of the Internet, that is, until the 90s, pornography was shown only in certain places or secretly on television through video cassettes. Later, this place was taken over by CDs. In 1996, along with the increase in the use of cellular phones and the Internet, when smartphones came into people’s hands, porn videos came into people’s hands. In the digital era, important browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Mozilla, Mini Opera, Beta, VPN are being used for the daily activities of people and millions of billions of porn video links are matched with those searches. So far we have not noticed any effective measures to control these browsers.
According to the statement, the business of porn videos is going on by loading or sharing memory cards in exchange of 10-20 taka in the computer shops set up in the name of post-editing by computer operators and post-editing in lanes and by lanes of small localities even. The BTRC, the ministry and even the law and order agencies are not visible to take any action for these surveillance. Although two days ago, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications has closed 288 links in the media. But closing this links is like ‘fetching a bucket of water from the ocean’.
The statement also said that to really control porn, important browsers including Google should be brought under control and accountability. In addition, operations should be conducted in neighboring shops. Also, all parties should take effective steps to create public awareness. As Bangladesh is a predominantly Muslim country, pornography is legally prohibited in Bangladesh. So the government has to play a special role in this regard, otherwise the next generation will go astray and rape and anarchy will spread in the country.