Policymakers, stakeholders set to brainstorm at bdnews24.com dialogue on safer internet

bdnews24.com is inspiring an interactive brainstorming session on safer internet to develop an exhaustive view and public awareness of how to move safely and responsibly in cyber society.

The ‘Dialogue on Safer Internet or Nirapod Internet’ will start at Radisson BLU Dhaka’s Utshab Banquet Hall at 3:30pm on Saturday, according to a spokesperson for Bangladesh’s largest bilingual news publisher.
 
The panellists will consist of State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed and BTRC Director General Brig Gen Md Emdad ul Bari.
 
Computer science teacher and researcher Dr Nova Ahmed and UNICEF’s communication, advocacy and partnership chief Shima Islam will also join the session. 
 

Tarana Halim, Zunaid Ahmed Palak

Benazir Ahmed, Nova Ahmed

Recognising the need to take into account end-users’ opinions, the online news portal will allow quite a large group of users of the internet and social media – chosen from across society – to put forward their views to the high-level panel.

The conversation will be broadcast live on Ekattor TV and bdnews24.com.

Internet users are growing by the minute in Bangladesh, with the government reaching ICT services to the far reaches of the country.

Telecoms regulator BTRC puts the number of mobile-phone internet users in Bangladesh at around 46.9 million until June and they make up 97 percent of the total internet users.

The number is 10.5 million more than what it was a year ago.   

The total number of internet users was around 48.35 million until June.

The government considers ICT as one of the most important elements to build a digital-savvy nation and the internet being a major plank.

The roundtable discussion is going to be held in the context of widely reported incidents of abuse and harassment on and through the internet.

More and more users are getting vulnerable to cybercrimes and suffering data breach in evolving cyber social reality.
 
The threats have put safety in cyber society at the forefront of strategic priorities.