Meta's Director for Human Rights Policy Miranda Sissons called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Sunday. — PID Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus asks Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to address a "disinformation campaign" being orchestrated from certain countries to undermine the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh.
"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 the head of interim government at the State Guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka.
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, said a spokesperson for the CA Office.
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 said.
"With Facebook you have a tremendous amount of possibility. Facebook could be used to make young people entrepreneurs," said the Nobel-laureate microcredit pioneer.
Professor Yunus said the Bangladesh government would remain engaged with the Facebook for the benefit of the country's young population.
Lamiya Morshed, principal coordinator for SDG affairs, Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Chief Adviser's personal secretary-2, Ruzan Sarwar, head of Meta's public policy for Bangladesh and Nepal, Nayantara Narayan, Associate General Counsel of Meta, Alice Budisatrijo, Meta's head of misinformation policy for the Asia-Pacific region, were among those present at the meeting.
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