Dhaka, April 27 -- A prominent civil society platform has called for immediately curbing the spread of online misinformation in Bangladesh, warning that the unchecked flow of false narratives poses a grave threat to national unity and security.

The call came at a discussion organised on Monday by Citizen's Forum Bangladesh (CFB) titled "False Narratives, Propaganda and Disunity: Threats to Stability, National Security and Unity" where speakers outlined the alarming scale and speed at which disinformation is proliferating across social media platforms.

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