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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...

Viral photo misrepresents Pirzada Hanzala as Shariatpur MP handling drug peddlers factcheck
Viral photo misrepresents Pirzada Hanzala as Shariatpur MP handling drug peddlers
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show Shariatpur’s MP punishing a marijuana dealer while the image is actually from...
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...

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Viral photo misrepresents Pirzada Hanzala as Shariatpur MP handling drug peddlers factcheck
Viral photo misrepresents Pirzada Hanzala as Shariatpur MP handling drug peddlers
Jamaat did not get more votes than BNP in Lalmonirhat 2 factcheck
No, Jamaat did not get more votes than BNP in Lalmonirhat-2

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Fact-check: Viral Facebook photocards misquote Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam as calling Jamaat-e-Islami the “most authentic representative” of Bangladesh’s majority Muslim identity.
Mahfuz Anam’s remarks on Jamaat-e-Islami taken out of context in viral photocards
Fact-check: Viral photocard falsely claims Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus ordered the army to shoot ‘troublemakers’ at polling stations during the February 12 national election.
Photocard claiming Bangladesh’s chief adviser ordered army to shoot ‘troublemakers’ is fake
Fact-check: Viral Facebook photocard falsely quotes Bangladesh Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam claiming Awami League mobilised ‘Inqilab Moncho’ to derail the February 12 national election.
Viral photocard falsely quotes Bangladesh Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary
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
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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
Narrow defeats of Jamaat leaders fuel conspiracy claims. What do the numbers say?
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AI Used to Inflate Crowds in Awami League Rally Video

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