Election Commission (EC) wants to prevent the election campaign in the social media like social media in the national elections. In order to ban the promotion of social media in political parties and candidates' conduct rules in the parliamentary elections, the EC's Law and Regulation Reform Committee recommends that.
Awami League and BNP leaders and election-related people think, this kind of thinking is unrealistic. Before making such a provision, the EC will have to think more. The EC will not be able to stop the promotion in popular social media.
A member of the EC's Law and Regulation Reform Committee said that they have proposed to include a provision of such a provision in the parliamentary elections that no candidate or supporter or political party can run any campaign in social media including Facebook, Twitter, Vaibar. In addition, it has been proposed to prohibit the use of electronic display boards in election campaigns. These proposals will be in the meeting of the commission. If the commission is approved, it will take steps to add it to the rules.
Several officials of the EC said that they are afraid that social media, especially Facebook, may be misused in election campaigns. Basically, this section is being considered to be included in the rules. There was such a thought in 2013 also. However, it did not work in the end.
However, no one has the technical capability to identify such propaganda or propaganda in anonymity. The EC officials also admitted that.
Election Commissioner, Chief of the Law and Regulation Reform Committee Poetry Khanam does not want to say anything at this time.