<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal will hold a meeting with a Facebook delegation on Thursday (August 3, 2023), on preventing propaganda on social media.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The meeting will be held at Election Commission building in Dhaka’s Agargaon at 11 am tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When contacted, Election Commission (EC) Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath said, the Facebook delegation sought time for the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Asked about the reason behind the meeting, he said, “The national election is approaching. With that in mind, there can be a discussion on how to prevent propaganda on social media.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three officials from Facebook's Singapore office will meet the CEC. The delegation will be led by head of public policy for Bangladesh at Facebook's parent company Meta, Ruzan Sarwar, the EC official said. INB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>