Facebook assigns experts to prevent extremism in Bangladesh

Facebook has appointed local experts who understand the Bangla language, culture and market to combat the spread of extremist ideology through the platform in Bangladesh.

Nawab Osman, head of counter-terrorism and dangerous organisations in the Asia Pacific region at Facebook‍‍`s parent Meta, has disclosed the matter in a meeting on Monday.

Admitting that more action should be taken by the social media platform to check the extreme ideological expression of people, he said: "What is being seen in the case of Bangladesh on our platform

He said that Meta‍‍`s own technology and algorithms are playing an important role in combating extremism.