South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID) has organized a human chain and a thematic workshop against rumor in social media in Brahmanbaria on 27th March 2024. The human chain started at 10 am on the street in front of Brahmanbaria Press Club, an important public place of the city. A total of 50 participants attended the human chain.
After the human chain a round table thematic workshop was organized at 11 am. The theme of the roundtable was: “Religious education to prevent rumor in social media: perspective Mymensingh”. Maulana Quari MD. Anisur Rahman and Chobi Vattacharjo gave their speech as key-note speaker at the workshop. Maulana Quari MD. Toufikul Islam Belali gave his speech as co-speaker. After their speech, the floor was opened for all participants and they gave their opinion on rumor, disinformation and hate speech.
These events were organized under the project: “Combating Mis and Dis-/information sparked by digital and social media platforms in Bangladesh”, which is funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and implemented by South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID).