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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2023
Facebook launches fact-checking in Bangladesh

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TBS Report
19 April, 2020, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 19 April, 2020, 02:50 pm

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Facebook launches fact-checking in Bangladesh

This programme is in line with Facebook's three-part framework to improve the quality and authenticity of stories in the News Feed

TBS Report
19 April, 2020, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 19 April, 2020, 02:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Social media giant Facebook has launched fact-checking programme in Bangladesh as a part of its ongoing integrity efforts to reduce the spread of misinformation and improve the quality of the news people find online.

Facebook has partnered with a third-party - BOOM, which is certified by the Poynter Institute's non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network, for reviewing and rating of the stories, including photos and videos, on Facebook in Bangladesh from today.

"We know that people want to see accurate information on Facebook and we are excited to announce the continued growth of our third-party fact-checking programme through our partnership with BOOM for Bangladesh. We believe that with this fact-checking programme, we can help build a more informed community and look forward to exploring more opportunities to expand this programme locally." said Anjali Kapoor, Facebook's News Partnership Director, APAC.

This programme is in line with Facebook's three-part framework to improve the quality and authenticity of stories in the News Feed. When third-party fact-checkers write articles about a piece of content, Facebook will show these in Related Articles immediately below the story in News Feed. Page Admins and people on Facebook will also receive notifications if they try to share a post or have shared one that's been determined to be false, empowering people to decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share.

"BOOM is delighted to expand our fact check operation into Bangladesh, with a dedicated team on ground, where we'll debunk online misinformation on topics from health and medicine to current affairs. Fact checking is at the core of what we do and we are hopeful that with this effort, readers in Bangladesh will get the information they need to make informed decisions and be able to better identify factual news and information online," said Govind Ethiraj, Founder-Editor of BOOM.

In addition to third-party fact-checking, Facebook also supports efforts to empower people with digital and news literacy skills to decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share. It does so by promoting news literacy programmes globally and sharing tips to help spot false news, and informing people with more context about the posts they see in News Feed. In Bangladesh specifically, Facebook partnered with Banglalink for the second time earlier this year to launch a digital literacy programme - Internet 101.

The programme works to ensure that users understand internet safety best practices through one-on-one training sessions at each of Banglalink's 3,000 retail locations. The programme will also reach out to 1,600 college students through Youth Connect discussion forums at select universities to talk about digital literacy and online safety.

Facebook's fact-checking programme started in December 2016, and today, we have over 60 partners fact-checking content in over 50 languages.  The programme also relies on feedback from the Facebook community, as a signal to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review. This is the latest in a series of Facebook's efforts to curb false news and Facebook will continue exploring efforts to support building an informed community.

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