State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said as all journalists underscored the necessity to bring social media under accountability, he also agreed to fulfill this need after consulting with them.
The state minister said this at a meeting with a Broadcast Journalist Centre (BJC) delegation at his ministry's conference room in the Secretariat on Wednesday, reports UNB.
He also said that the government doesn’t want to suppress freedom of speech while preventing misinformation.
"As journalists underscored the need to bring all social media, including YouTube and Facebook, under a policy and accountability, I, as the state minister for information and broadcasting, just agreed to the demand and will try to fulfill it after consulting with journalists and other stakeholders," Arafat said.
“Legal action will be taken against the journalists involved in irregularities,” he warned.
"No one can run television without Clean feed, if they do; they will also be brought under justice,” the state minister added.
At that time, the state minister sought cooperation from journalists in fulfilling their (journalists) demands.
The work of digitizing the cable network service across the country will begin soon, the state minister said.
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