On 29 October 2016, a fisherman named Rasraj Das was beaten by a crowd in Nasirnagar, a small upazila in Brahmanbaria district in Bangladesh, and handed to the police. He had been accused of posting a photograph on Facebook showing the Hindu deity Shiva superimposed on the Kaaba in Mecca. The problem was that Rasraj Das had not posted the image. His account had been hacked. He said he did not even know how to use Facebook. By the time that was e…
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