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Fake Facebook pages impersonate ‘Nahid’s World’ to scam hilsa buyers

“Nahid’s World” is a digital platform that supplies fish to customers. Its Facebook page description states, “We never ask for...

“Nahid’s World” is a digital platform that supplies fish to customers. Its Facebook page description states, “We never ask for...

AI-generated videos of monkeys eating honey go viral; Z News shares one as real
A news outlet named Z News published a video on Facebook under the title "Two Monkeys' Honey-Eating Contest," showing two...
Factcheck Jubo League activist torture, irrelevant video
Old and unrelated footage shared with claim of Jubo League activist’s torture
A scene from a different incident in Cumilla has been circulated with the claim that a Jubo League worker was...
Flour thrown at French politician, not Dr Yunus
A video was spread on Facebook claiming that Awami League leaders and activists threw flour at Dr Muhammad Yunus as...

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Factcheck Jubo League activist torture, irrelevant video
Old and unrelated footage shared with claim of Jubo League activist’s torture
Flour thrown at French politician, not Dr Yunus

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Bangladeshi video misrepresented as scenes of protests in India
Video from a Vietnamese festival, not an Indian protest
Factcheck Pakistan governor house on fire, Nepal old video
Not Pakistani governor's house, fire scene shows Nepal's parliament
Two scenes in video claiming attack on Modi’s residence are from different incidents
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Personal photos used to gather likes, privacy violated under the guise of humor
Others' photos used to gather likes, privacy violated under the guise of humor
Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Narrow defeats of Jamaat leaders fuel conspiracy claims. What do the numbers say?

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AI-generated videos of monkeys eating honey go viral; Z News shares one as real
A news outlet named Z News published a video on Facebook under the title "Two Monkeys' Honey-Eating Contest," showing two...
Sanitation workers dump garbage on a road during a protest in Panipat, Haryana.
Two-month-old Haryana video falsely linked to CJP protest in Delhi
A two-month-old video of sanitation workers protesting in Panipat, Haryana, was falsely shared on 'Daily Ittefaq' and 'Centrist Nation TV'...

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Meta monetized Bangladeshi lawmakers despite policy barring political figures
Meta bars elected officials from earning, but 13 Bangladeshi MPs can monetize
The findings raise questions about how Meta vets accounts for monetization, whether it enforces its own political eligibility rules consistently,...
Reciprocal attacks on Hindu Muslim minorities in India Bangladesh
How a deleted Facebook video resurfaced to stoke cross-border religious hate on social media
Following the West Bengal election in India, false claims that Muslims were being persecuted by the BJP in India began...