Comparison between Freedom of Expression and the Digital Security Act, 2018: Bangladesh Perspective

Abstract

This article is basically concerned with the freedom of expression, thoughts, and speech to the violation of fundamental rights of the citizen and its impact. Freedom of expression means a person can share his or her opinion freely no one can violate his or her rights but they have some reasonable restrictions. Several times people are harassed directly or indirectly through media. The Digital Security Act 2018 is made for protecting the rights of the citizen of Bangladesh. Here it has been tried to relate this Act with our Constitution where we see that our fundamental rights are enforceable by the Court under Article 44, 102. Even Article 7, 8, 26 where says that if inconsistency will arise then that Act will be void. Basically, this Act is imposed for protecting the citizen from cybercrime whereas under Digital Security Act Police gets more opportunity to use their power, unfortunately, they use it negatively. As citizens of a democracy, we have the right to commend both good and bad government work, but DSA is implemented to silence the public voice.