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Online misinformation on post-poll violence in Bangladesh

Since the day after the February 12 national election and referendum, reports of post-election violence have emerged across Bangladesh, with...

Since the day after the February 12 national election and referendum, reports of post-election violence have emerged across Bangladesh, with...

Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Social media platforms were flooded with misleading content and false claims, targeting candidates and voters on the eve of Bangladesh’s...
Narrow defeats of Jamaat leaders fuel conspiracy claims. What do the numbers say?
Dismislab collected at least a dozen posts and comments with the core message being "without manipulation Jamaat alliance candidates would...
Fact-check image showing a misinterpreted Gazipur district notice falsely claimed on Facebook to suspend voting in five constituencies ahead of Bangladesh’s national election.
Gazipur voting suspension claim is false
Claims that voting was suspended in five Gazipur constituencies are false; fact-check shows the notice only concerned delay in ballot...

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Fact-check image showing a misinterpreted Gazipur district notice falsely claimed on Facebook to suspend voting in five constituencies ahead of Bangladesh’s national election.
Gazipur voting suspension claim is false
Fact-check of a fake Amar Desh photocard circulating on Facebook falsely claiming Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman is visiting Delhi at the invitation of India’s BJP
Fake Amar Desh photocard claims Jamaat chief’s India visit at BJP’s invitation

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Fact-check: Viral YouTube video falsely claims DUCSU Vice President Shadik Kayem held a large assembly at Sheikh Hasina’s ancestral home in Gopalganj, Bangladesh.
Claim that Shadik Kayem held gathering at Sheikh Hasina's Gopalganj home is false
Fact-check: fake Jamuna TV photocard falsely claims BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed said Awami League could form an alliance with BNP
Fake Jamuna TV card claims BNP open to forge alliance with Awami League
Fact-check: old police scuffle video from Sunamganj falsely shared as mob torture of Chhatra League activist on Facebook
Old video of police scuffle with suspect passed off as mob torture of Chhatra League activist 
Fact-check: Old Cox’s Bazar video falsely shared on Facebook as BNP terrorists cutting off a Jubo League leader’s leg in Debidwar, Cumilla
Video from Cox’s Bazar incident spreads, claiming to show the murder of a Jubo League leader in Cumilla
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Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
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