Monday, 6 August 2018

Bangladeshi government sends text alerts to warn citizens about fake news


In a text message sent to citizens, the Ministry of Home Affairs in Bangladesh dismissed reports of murder and rape circulating amidst student protests in the capital, as fake news. The protests began on July 29 after two students were killed and seven others injured by a speeding bus in the busy Airport road of Dhaka, the country’s capital. Over the next few days, thousands of students from various schools and colleges took to the streets blaming the government’s pathetic transport system for the frequent road accidents in the city. The protests, which were initially peaceful, turned violent as ruling…

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https://ift.tt/2njtn2d Vishwam Sankaran August 06, 2018 at 12:03PM

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