We are victims of disinformation campaign: Yunus

The chief advisor meets Meta’s director for human rights policy in Dhaka

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has asked Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to address the disinformation campaign against Bangladesh being carried out from certain countries to undermine the July-August mass uprising.

“There’s a massive disinformation campaign, and we are the sufferers,” he told Meta’s director for human rights policy, Miranda Sissons, when the latter called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Sunday.

According to a statement from the Chief Advisor's Office, Sissons explained to Yunus the human rights policy of Meta saying that they remained alert to prevent anyone from using their platforms to spread disinformation.

The chief advisor also called on 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.”

“With Facebook you have a tremendous amount of possibility. Facebook could be used to make young people entrepreneurs,” he added.

Yunus said the Bangladesh government would remain engaged with Facebook for the benefit of the country’s young population.