The government will soon decide to lift the ongoing ban on Facebook in the country, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today.

Talking to reporters following a meeting with Facebook representatives this morning, the minister said, “We have informed them about our problems. They have also discussed on how they can help us with.”

However, he did not disclose how the Facebook authorities could help the government.

Issues like national security of Bangladesh, how Facebook is being used to abuse people politically and if there was any way to filter Facebook contents were discussed in the meeting, Kamal told reporters.

“We will hold several meetings with Facebook authorities in future. The media will be briefed in details soon,” the minister added.

The officials of the social media platform met the Bangladesh side led by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at 10:30am.

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and a representative from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission are also attending the meeting.

The visiting officials — Vikram Langeh, law enforcement specialist of Facebook in South Asia, and Deepali Liberhan, public policy manager for South Asia — are scheduled to sit with the officials of the telecom division as well, Tarana Halim, state minister for telecom, said yesterday.

Tarana also said she wanted to demonstrate how Facebook is used in Bangladesh to harass and provoke people.

Earlier, Tarana sent a letter to the Facebook authority on November 30, seeking the social networking tool’s cooperation to ensure cyber security in the Bangladesh.

The government imposed a ban on use of Facebook on November 18.

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