Dhaka, May 7 -- Nine draconian sections of the controversial Cyber Security Act (CSA) used for clampdown on free speeches and dissident voices during the previous regime are now gone.

The council of advisers of the post-uprising government Tuesday approved 'The Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 amending the widely criticised CSA 2023.

"Some 95 per cent of the CSA cases filed under these nine sections will automatically stand cancelled after the publication of the ordinance through gazette notification this week," said Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul while briefing the press on the decisions of the reigning council.

These sections of the CSA enacted by the previous regime to replace the Digital Security Act stipulated speeches and contents again...