Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the proposed Cyber Security (Amendment) Act 2026 will help restore decency in the digital space, protect women and young people from cyber-bullying, and ensure professional safeguards for journalists while preventing any misuse of the law.
“The government is highly conscious of citizens’ freedom of expression and personal security,” he said at a meeting with a delegation of the International Republican Institute at his Secretariat office. The meeting discussed measures to prevent cybercrime and online bullying, and various aspects of the proposed law.
IRI Resident Programme Director John Fluharty, who led the delegation, called for a consensus-based policy and legal protection for both ruling and opposition political groups.
