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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 4 Girl Seeking Help
A female student seeking help
Query
I am a college student. In social media I have been facing a few problems since the very begin- ning. In the public groups and pages, I often face harassment by unknown users and strangers in the comment section. I wanted to know if there is any legal solution to my problem.
Shila (not real name),
Sirajganj
The situation you are facing is commonly known as cyber bullying. It is basically an act done by a person(s) against another person(s) by using electronic communication, e.g. social media. A few examples of cyber bullying are- causing someone harm by posting unwanted or private information, threatening a person by sending mean messages via emails, social networking websites, text or audio messages, spreading rumours via email or social networking sites, sharing private/embarrassing pictures, creating fake profiles, etc.
In Bangladesh, cyber bullying is not just an act to be scorned at but is an offence punishable under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006. The Act, inter alia, provides that a person who deliberately publishes, in a website or in electronic form, any material which is fake and obscene or has the effect of corrupting persons who are likely to read, see or hear the material or causes to prejudice the image of a person or may hurt religious belief or instigate against any person, then the person publishing the material will be guilty of an offence under the Act. The punishment for such an offence is imprisonment and/or fine.
Victims of cyber crimes (including cyber bullying) can lodge a complaint to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) by calling at +880-29611111 or by emailing at btrc@btrc.gov.bd. BTRC is supposed to take necessary actions within 24 hours and the perpetrators will be brought to justice within 3 days after the complaint is filed. The government has also launched a cyber-crime helpline. Victims can call at +8801766678888 to submit their complaints.
Furthermore, if the harassment amounts to criminal intimidation (threatening someone with injury to his/her person, reputation, property etc.), then the perpetrator may be liable to punishment as per the Penal Code 1860.
The steps mentioned above should definitely be taken if the matter is serious. An important first step is the internal reporting process of the particular social media website or application. If we take Facebook, for example, photos and comments can be reported and the particular user can be blocked. Similar reporting systems are in place in most other popular social media websites or applications.
Answer the following questions.
(1) How long will it usually take to bring the perpetrators to Justice? Do you think the time frame is acceptable?
Answer. Usually it will take not more than three days to bring the perpetrators to justice. Yes, I think the time-frame is acceptable.
(2) When may the perpetrator be liable to punishment as per the Penal Code 1860?
Answer. The perpetrator may be liable to punishment as per the Penal Code 1860 if the harassment amounts to criminal intimidation, for example, threatening someone with injury to his/her person, reputation, property etc.
(3) What could be the first important step in case of cyber bullying?
Answer. The first important step in case of cyber bullying could be the internal reporting process of the particular social media website or application. For example, regarding Facebook, photos and comments can be reported and the particular user can be blocked.
(4) What is the punishment for publishing any material that may hurt religious belief?
Answer. The punishment for publishing any material that may hurt religious belief is imprisonment and/or fine.
(5) What do you know about cyber bullying? Write in your own words.
Answer. Cyber bullying is basically an act done by a person(s) against another person(s) by using electronic communication, e.g., social media. One example of cyber bullying is sharing private/embarrassing pictures.
(6) What can we do if we become the victims of cyber bullying?
Answer. If we become the victims of cyber bullying, we can lodge a complaint to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) by calling at +880-29611111 or by emailing at btrc@btrc.gov.bd. We can also submit our complaints to the cyber-crime helpline number, +8801766678888.
(7) What is the problem of the college student? How does she wish to face it?
Answer. The problem of the college student is that while using social media, she often faces harassment by unknown users and strangers in the comment section of the public groups and pages. She wishes to face it legally.
(8) Point out three examples of cyber bullying.
Answer. Three examples of cyber bullying are (1) causing someone harm by posting unwanted or private information, (1) spreading rumours via email or social networking sites, and (ii) creating fake profiles, etc.
(9) Is cyber bullying an offence in Bangladesh? If yes, under which law is it punishable?
Answer. Yes, cyber bullying is an offence in Bangladesh. It is punishable under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006.
(10) What is the fob of BTRC after the any complaint is filed?
Answer. After any complaint is filed, the job of BTRC is to take necessary actions within 24 hours.
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻাāϤ্āϰী āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻাāĻ্āĻে
āĻিāĻ্āĻাāϏা,
āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāϞেāĻ āĻাāϤ্āϰী । āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻিāĻু āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāϝ়েāĻি। āĻĒাāĻŦāϞিāĻ āĻ্āϰুāĻĒ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒেāĻāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻাāĻে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻ āĻ āĻাāύা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰāĻাāϰী āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻšāϝ়āϰাāύিāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāĻ। āĻāĻŽাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āĻোāύো āĻāĻāύি āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻāĻে āĻিāύা āĻাāύāϤে āĻাāĻ ।
āĻļিāϞা (āĻāϏāϞ āύাāĻŽ āύāϝ়)
āϏিāϰাāĻāĻāĻ্āĻ
āĻāĻĒāύি āϝে āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϰ āĻŽুāĻোāĻŽুāĻি āĻšāĻ্āĻেāύ āϤা āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦুāϞিং āύাāĻŽে āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤ। āĻāĻি āĻŽূāϞāϤ āĻāϞেāĻāĻ্āϰāύিāĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ, āϝেāĻŽāύ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি(āĻĻেāϰ) āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰ(āĻĻেāϰ) āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāϰা āĻāĻāĻি āĻাāĻ। āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦুāϞিং āĻāϰ āĻāϝ়েāĻāĻি āĻāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞ- āĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒোāϏ্āĻ āĻāϰে āĻাāϰāĻ āĻ্āώāϤি āĻāϰা; āĻ-āĻŽেāĻāϞ, āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽেāϰ āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻ, āĻেāĻ্āϏāĻ āĻŦা āĻ āĻĄিāĻ āĻŦাāϰ্āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻুāϰুāĻিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦাāϰ্āϤা āĻĒ্āϰেāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰে āĻাāĻāĻে āĻāϝ় āĻĻেāĻাāύো; āĻ-āĻŽেāĻāϞ āĻŦা āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽেāϰ āϏাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻুāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻĄ়াāύো; āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ/āĻŦিāĻŦ্āϰāϤāĻāϰ āĻāĻŦি āĻļেāϝ়াāϰ āĻāϰা; āύāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĢাāĻāϞ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি। āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦুāϞিং āĻļুāϧুāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻāĻāĻি āĻŦāĻা āĻাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻাāĻ āύāϝ়, āĻāĻি āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤি (āĻāĻāϏিāĻি) āĻāĻāύ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ- āĻāϰ āĻ āϧীāύে āĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāύীāϝ় āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧ । āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āύুāϏাāϰে, āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāώāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏাāĻĨে, āϝāĻĻি āĻোāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻৃāϤāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻāĻি āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻে āĻŦা āĻāϞেāĻāĻ্āϰāύিāĻ āĻāĻĒাāϝ়ে āϝে āĻোāύāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰে āϝা āύāĻāϞ āĻ āĻ āĻļ্āϞীāϞ, āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āϝাāϰা āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĒāĻĄ়āϤে, āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻŦা āĻļুāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āϏেāϏāĻŦ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻ্āώāϤিāĻাāϰāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ āϰāϝ়েāĻ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻোāύāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻাāĻŦāĻŽূāϰ্āϤি āύāώ্āĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏে āĻāĻাāϤ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻোāύāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāϏ্āĻাāύি āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻāĻ্āϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļāĻাāϰী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻāύেāϰ āĻ āϧীāύে āĻāĻāĻি āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻোāώী āĻšāĻŦেāύ। āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧেāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻšāϞ āĻাāϰাāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻāĻŦং/āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻāϰিāĻŽাāύা।
āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧেāϰ āĻļিāĻাāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰা (āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦুāϞিং āϏāĻš) āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āĻেāϞিāĻāĻŽিāĻāύিāĻেāĻļāύ āϰেāĻুāϞেāĻāϰি āĻāĻŽিāĻļāύেāϰ (āĻŦিāĻিāĻāϰāϏি) āĻাāĻে +ā§Žā§Žā§Ļ-⧍⧝ā§Ŧā§§ā§§ā§§ā§§ā§§ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰে āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻāϰে āĻŦা btrc@btrc.gov.bd-āĻ āĻ-āĻŽেāĻāϞ āĻāϰে āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻাāύাāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ। ⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻŖ্āĻাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦিāĻিāĻāϰāϏিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āύেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻĻাāϝ়েāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰ ā§Š āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻāϤাāϝ় āĻāύা āĻšāĻŦে। āϏāϰāĻাāϰ āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧ āĻšেāϞ্āĻĒāϞাāĻāύāĻ āĻাāϞু āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻুāĻ্āϤāĻোāĻীāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻāĻŽা āĻĻিāϤে +ā§Žā§Žā§Ļā§§ā§ā§Ŧā§Ŧā§Ŧā§ā§Žā§Žā§Žā§Ž āύāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰে āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ ।
āĻ āϧিāĻāύ্āϤু, āϝāĻĻি āĻšāϝ়āϰাāύি āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻীāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύ (āĻাāĻāĻে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤāĻাāĻŦে, āϤাāϰ āϏুāĻ্āϝাāϤি, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻিāϤে āĻāĻাāϤ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻšুāĻŽāĻি āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া) āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়ে, āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻ āĻĒāϰাāϧী āĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŦিāϧি ā§§ā§Žā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻļাāϏ্āϤিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।