The Dhaka Times Desk With elections ahead, Meta is going to take initiatives to bring artificial intelligence or AI-based advertising products to Facebook campaigns of political parties. The reason is that propaganda should not become propaganda!
The year 2024 is important for many countries of the world. Because this year the elections of several big countries in the world. That list includes Bangladesh-India, as well as countries like USA, Indonesia, Mexico. And everyone will agree in one sentence that social media is one of the biggest weapons for the promotion of political parties. However, keeping in mind the election, the company that owns WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Meta is going to make some urgent changes in their policy.
Facebook has also been accused of spreading misinformation during elections. US lawmakers have repeatedly warned against this. That fear has only increased with the advent of artificial intelligence. In light of previous criticisms, Facebook did not have specific rules on artificial intelligence-based advertising, even though it tried to determine the authenticity of information served as advertisements.
In a blog post, Nick Clegg, president of Mater's global affairs department, said, 'With several important elections ahead, we have decided to update our policies and safeguards over time and will be in place in 2024.' He added, 'We want to stop the abuse of our platform during the recent major elections in Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey and Argentina, and next year's state and territorial elections in the United States.'
Where meta is most feared is the use of artificial intelligence for political advertising. For that reason, from the beginning of 2024, advertisers must inform whether they are taking the help of AI or other digital technologies while creating advertisements on a political or social issue. This will mainly apply when the ad contains a photorealistic image or video or realistic sounding audio. The advertiser must make it clear that the image, video or audio is genuine. The advertiser also needs to prove that the content has not been manipulated by AI.
Meta said that advertisers in the social issues, housing, employment, credit, election, politics, health and financial services sectors will also not be able to use AI-powered ad creation software from Ads Manager.
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How to prevent dengue
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral fever. This fever is different from other viral or bacterial fevers. However, this fever is not contagious in any way. This viral fever can occur alone or in combination with other viruses (chikungunya, yellow fever, Burma forest, flu, respiratory syncytial) and bacteria (pneumococcus).
Dengue fever is divided into two categories depending on the severity of symptoms and fever.
1. Common dengue fever
2. Dengue fever with bleeding.
In the case of common dengue fever, the following symptoms are mainly seen-
1. Sudden high fever lasting 2 to 7 days.
2. Severe headache.
3. Pain behind the eyes.
4. Along with the fever, red rash appears all over the body.
5. Severe pain in whole body as well as back pain.
6. Nausea or vomiting.
7. A rash or red bumps on the skin.
In case of dengue fever with bleeding:
1. Bleeding from nose, mouth or vomiting with high fever within 2 to 48 hours.
2. Fluid accumulation in chest or abdomen along with fever.
If any of these symptoms appear, seek medical attention immediately.
On the other hand
Wait at home for the first 3 days of fever. On the other hand, sponge the whole body with water every now and then. This will reduce the level of fever. Drink enough water and rest. After that, if the fever does not decrease or if it continues to increase after some time, consult a doctor immediately.
Things to do to prevent Dengue:
1. Try to keep the surroundings of the house as clean as possible.
2. If there are flower tubs or broken plastic bottles, can shells, tires or polythene inside the house, clean them quickly and drain the accumulated water from the flower tubs.
3. Spray or fog at least 3 times a week to kill mosquitoes.
4. You can keep mosquito repellent cream with you while going out.
5. After evening, younger and older members of the household should use mosquito nets.
6. Clean up any accumulated rain water, as this is the time when Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs.
7. On the other hand, you can use mats along with mosquito nets to avoid mosquito infestation.
8. Since Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day, it is important to avoid sleeping with mosquito nets while sleeping during the day. Source: https://dmpnews.org
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