Tarana writes to FB authority

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday sent a letter to Facebook, showing the government`s interest to sign a deal with the social networking site to be eligible to get information about its users.

The deal will help the government control cyber crimes and violence against women, Tarana said.

The government blocked Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber on November 18.

Tarana said there is no relation of the letter to withdrawal of the ban on the networking platform.

The signing of the deal is part of a process to contain cyber crimes related to Facebook, she said.

risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 01, 2015/Naimuddin/A K Azad