NN Online:
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday asked the parent company of Facebook “Meta” to address the disinformation campaign against Bangladesh being carried out from certain countries to undermine the July-August mass uprising.
The chief adviser made this remark while Meta’s Director for Human Rights Policy Miranda Sissons called on him on Sunday at the State Guest House Jamuna.
He said, “There’s a massive disinformation campaign, and we are the sufferers.”
Sissons explained to the chief adviser the human rights policy of Meta saying that they remained alert to prevent anyone from using their platforms to spread disinformation.
The chief adviser also asked Meta to make its technology more user-friendly for young entrepreneurs.
“Technology is a tool to make things happen. But technology doesn’t decide what we want to do with things. So, we have to reengineer it to make it perfect,” he added.
“With Facebook you have a tremendous amount of possibility. Facebook could be used to make young people entrepreneurs,” the chief adviser said.
Prof Yunus said the Bangladesh government would remain engaged with Facebook for the benefit of the country’s young population.
Principal Coordinator for SDG affairs Lamiya Morshed, Chief Adviser’s Personal Secretary-2 Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Head of Meta’s public policy for Bangladesh and Nepal Ruzan Sarwar, Associate General Counsel of Meta Nayantara Narayan, and Meta’s Head of Misinformation Policy for Asia-Pacific Alice Budisatrijo were present in the meeting, among others.
