Misinformation

Power load shedding is causing severe hardship for people’s daily lives, while the government is also facing criticism over the situation. Amid this, a photo card involving Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s adviser on Information and Broadcasting, has been circulating on social media. However, an investigation found that Zahed Ur Rahman did not make the comment. The confusion arose after a post from a satirical page was treated as genuine news. What is being claimed? A statement attr...

The Bangladesh Police Headquarters has dismissed as false and baseless a claim circulating on social media that the bodies of seven leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League were found floating in the Turag River. In a press release issued on Saturday, the Pol...

The government will amend the Cyber Security Act to prevent the spread of rumors, misinformation, defamatory content, and misleading material created using artificial intelligence (AI) across social media and cyberspace. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed informed Parliament on Monday. In the H...

Recently, a group has been spreading various forms of misinformation on social media regarding several issues related to mobile financial service provider Nagad. In this process, false and fabricated information is being used to create misleading narratives involving Nagad Administrator Md. Mota...