| dc.description.abstract | Digital tools became a blessing for both general mass and the journalists in Bangladesh but it
also came up with different scopes of misapplication. To minimize the offenses, the government
approved Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018. However, the journalists, right workers and activists
became vocal against some sections of the law claiming those would hinder press freedom and
freedom of journalistic investigation . The study researched the "little" situation of press freedom
and Journalistic Investigation in this context. The key question was- "Is the DSA-2018 creating
barrier in Press Freedom and Journalistic Investigation?"Obtaining Discourse Analysis and
In-Depth Interviewing methods, the relevant sections of the DSA- 2018 and the opinion and
evaluation of different stakeholders (investigative, journalists,leaders, legal experts and
government authorities)examined. The collected data was evaluated through the theoretical
framework of Freedom of Expression from a sense of fear; eventually they were censoring their
contents which actually went against the standard of freedom of expression.
The world is converging as a result of technological evolution and integration. The new digital
era is emphatically influencing and transforming human lives. The staggering growth in
technology has many implications; on one side it brings blessings for the general mass while on
the other it makes individuals’ life a hex due to its misappropriation. To safeguard individuals
from the realm of digital transgression and to ensure individuals' right to privacy, the government
of Bangladesh enacted the Digital Security Act in 2018. The act has both affirmative and
antithetical connotations by supporting penalisation for digital offenses conversely barring
investigative journalists and freedom of speech. The present paper is the reflection of the
findings congregated from the systematic assessment of the secondary sources. It focuses on
the limitations and challenges of the Digital Security Act 2018 by particularly seeing from the
lens of investigative journalism and freedom of expression. Moreover, it also tries tshedlight on
whether the act has aberrated from its sole purpose that is to ensure security of
individual presence in the digital platform. Also, the article manifests the need for an
incontrovertible digital security law for the welfare of the citizens | en_US |
