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Social media to be free, rumors to be quashed: Inu
DHAKA, Aug 19, 2018 (BSS) – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said
today that Facebook and other social media would remain free, despite many
provocations.
‘It is true that it is being used to spread lies and rumors but that will
not be tolerated, “he said.
The minister was speaking at a meeting at the Press Institute of Bangladesh
(PIB).
He said having exhausted all other means the communal forces are now
spreading fabricated news on Facebook and other social media.
“They were trying to use it to justify the genocide of 1971 and the killing
of Bangabnbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They are even saying that the
grenades that went off on August 21, 2004 came out from the vanity bag of
Sheikh Hasina,” he said.
Inu also said that the social media was being used to sow discord between
Awami League and JASHOD.
The minister blamed an organized syndicate for the social media campaign
and said the government was aware of it and will take a zero-tolerance
position towards them.
BSS/PR/AS/ARS/1848 hrs