Dhaka, April 3 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has termed some clauses of the draft regulation for digital and social media unconstitutional.

Rejecting the draft 'Regulation for Digital, Social Media and OTT Platforms', TIB demanded that a new draft should be prepared with the help of stakeholders and experts.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has drafted the guideline in this connection and sought the opinions of stakeholders and the public.

Several clauses of the draft would severely curtail freedom of speech and force service providers to practice self-censorship, TIB said, adding that, there is a scope for arbitrary interpretation and misuse of law in several clauses, which are likely to b...