HC upholds order on banning PUBG, Free Fire
The High Court yesterday upheld its earlier order that had asked the government to ban some online games and apps, including PUBG and Free Fire.
The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat rejected an application filed by Proxima Beta Pte Ltd, a Singaporean PUBG manufacturing company, for vacating its previous order.
Following a writ petition, the HC on August 16 last year directed the government to put a stop to all kinds of destructive online games and apps. The writ said those games and apps were causing children's moral and social degradation.
The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government to explain why their inaction to ban online games and apps like TikTok, Likee, Bigo Live, PUBG and Free Fire should not be declared illegal.
Lawyer Sameer Sattar appeared for Proxima Beta Pte Ltd, while lawyer and writ petitioner Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallob opposed the application for vacating the HC order yesterday.
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