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Nepal childbirth photo falsely shared as Noakhali hospital incident

A Dismislab fact-check found that the incident did not take place in Bangladesh. The photo shows a woman giving birth...

A Dismislab fact-check found that the incident did not take place in Bangladesh. The photo shows a woman giving birth...

Old, unrelated photo used by Bangla media to report on Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
Old, unrelated photo used by Bangla media to report on Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
The photo media used is not from this attack, but rather from a fire that broke out in Yemen's capital,...
Media uses 2007 photo for reporting Indonesian ferry accident
On September 13, a ferry named “Virgo Transport 8”, which had set sail from Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java province,...
Factcheck Jatiya Chhatra Shakti leader Alif Chowdhury
One-eyed Alif’s video falsely shared as staged blindness
The person in the video is Alif Chowdhury, coordinator of the Jatiya Chhatra Shakti in Nabiganj upazila. He lost vision...

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Factcheck Jatiya Chhatra Shakti leader Alif Chowdhury
One-eyed Alif’s video falsely shared as staged blindness
Factcheck Edited video used to show Iranian president touching Hindu religious leader’s feet
Edited video used to show Iranian president touching Hindu religious leader’s feet

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Factcheck Attack on Jamaat leader’s institution circulated as attack on Gita school
Attack on Jamaat leader’s institution circulated as attack on Gita school
Azmeri Haque Badhon italy attack ai altered
AI image of Italian newspaper used to claim Badhon interrogated over alleged involvement with extremist org
Old Gaza attack photo used in Lebanon report.
DBC uses old Gaza photo in Lebanon attack report
Muslim farmer’s house in Nangalkot falsely presented as a Hindu home.
Muslim farmer’s home burned in Nangalkot, not Hindu home 
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Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
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Old, unrelated photo used by Bangla media to report on Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
Old, unrelated photo used by Bangla media to report on Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
The photo media used is not from this attack, but rather from a fire that broke out in Yemen's capital,...
Media uses 2007 photo for reporting Indonesian ferry accident
On September 13, a ferry named “Virgo Transport 8”, which had set sail from Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java province,...

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