State Minister for Information and Telecommunications Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday told the parliament that every 12 seconds someone in Bangladesh opens a Facebook account.
In response to a query by lawmaker Farhad Hossain, that he does not have a Facebook account so who maintains the accounts opened in his name, the junior minister said, “This question is valid for not only you. It is a question for crores of Bangladeshis. Bangladesh has the second-highest growing number of Facebook users. Every 12 seconds, a Facebook account is opened in Bangladesh.”
The junior minister told the parliament that one can resolve the problem of fake accounts by going onto the ICT Division and BTRC websites.
Apart from this, he also told the parliament that one can also get help by dialing 0176678888 and that this service would be provided around the clock.
In response to a supplementary question, Palak said, “The government has taken various steps to guarantee internet usage. We passed the ICT Act and have laws against pornography. Apart from this, we are also formulating the coordinated Cyber Act and whenever it becomes law, our security will be strengthened.”