Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the country’s people not to share anything on internet or social media without verification, reports BSS.
Stressing the need for filtering the harmful digital contents properly, she said, “People should not react or do anything without verifying the authenticity of any content. It’s not proper … one should verify first whether the information is correct or not.”
The prime minister was addressing as the chief guest at the award-giving ceremony of Digital Bangladesh Day 2019 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Wednesday morning.
The premier said, “Digital technologies are creating a scope, but many problems are also arising from it. Many unnecessary links appear while using mobile phone or internet … So, arrangements will be made to filter harmful digital contents properly.”
She went on saying: “While going to share any post on social media, the people will have to enquire about the matter beforehand whether it is true or fake.”
The prime minister said some apps are developed and spread in such a way by some bad elements so that the country, society and person are affected.
Urging all to stay alert to cyber crimes, Sheikh Hasina said it is necessary to make the children and the youthfolk aware of the crimes.
“The children and youths go to wrong paths and involve in various types of crimes, while many misunderstandings are created from misuse of internet. So, all including the parents, guardians and teachers will have to remain careful so that it cannot happen,” she said.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts and Telecommunications and ICT Ministry AKM Rahmatullah and Senior Secretary of the ICT Division ANM Ziaul Alam also spoke on the occasion.
At the function, the premier handed over awards to 14 organisations and individuals for their outstanding contributions to development of the country’s IT sector. She also inaugurated an app titled “Amar Sarkar”.
