Journalists discuss ways to fight fake news
Journalists discuss ways to fight fake news
Journalists at a dialogue held in a hotel in Khulna on Wednesday discussed ways to fight fake news in Bangladesh.
Independent think-tank Centre for Governance Studies, in collaboration with the US Department of State, arranged the dialogue titled ‘Confronting Misinformation in Bangladesh.’
It was the second of a series of dialogues and training sessions under a joint project run by CGS and the US Department of State, according to a press release.
Khulna Press Club president SM Nazrul Islam, also the editor of Khulna-based newspaper Ajker Tathyo, said that the Digital Security Act was being used to harass journalists. ‘The voice of journalists is suppressed by political mechanisms,’ he said.
He said that people now rely on social media, YouTube for news but did not have any accountability.
Agence France-Presse fact check editor Bangladesh Qadaruddin Shishir said that newspaper or news media was the most influential medium of misinformation.
‘The information the general public gets from the mass media is mostly controlled by politicians, researchers, and businessmen,’ he said.
After a roundtable discussion, the participants took part in a survey and a focus group discussion.
The data collected during these dialogues will be used to enhance the capacity of journalists and encourage social media influencers in Bangladesh to effectively counter misinformation by fact-checking during election periods, said the press release.
CGS executive director Zillur Rahman moderated the discussion.
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