Abrar Ifaz

A Dismislab investigation uncovered a multi-platform stock market scam luring investors from Facebook ads into WhatsApp groups posing as top...
AI-generated videos are being used to campaign for and against PR system in the upcoming parliamentary elections of Bangladesh.
Fake Facebook pages impersonate major media outlets violating Meta's policies and also runs ads.
Two viral videos claiming to show the Hindu woman victim’s statement on the Muradnagar incident were actually old and unrelated.
Bangladesh’s Pre-Election Campaigns Using Generative AI
Since mid-June, AI-generated election videos with synthetic characters have gone viral, raising concerns about voter manipulation and misinformation.
Three viral videos claiming to show scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict were AI-generated using Google’s Veo-3.
A popular slogan supporting Bangladesh’s interim leader Dr. Muhammad Yunus unexpectedly crossed into commercial territory, as dozens of non-political Facebook...
Dismislab’s verification shows that the video is not from India. It is rather a scene from Subidbazar area in Sylhet district...
What exactly is the Tree of Peace? Is it a UNESCO or Israeli award? Who is behind presenting this honour?...
Verification reveals that the photo is two months old and that the owner of the burned cowshed is not Hindu.
A video has been circulating on Facebook claiming that Youth and Sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan’s father was abusing...
Recently, an image of a deceased woman was circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms. It is being claimed...
A video report attributed to BBC News has recently gone viral on social media, in which Hasnat Abdullah, the convener...
Recent claims on social media suggest that the Gupaltila Shiva Temple in Sylhet was covered due to a nearby Waz...
Recent reports from various Asian countries highlight the spread of a virus known as Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Several Bangladeshi media...
Some posts on X claim that Islamists set fire to Hindu-owned shops in Cumilla, Bangladesh. Although the fire incident is...
Bangladeshi lawyer Ramendra Nath Roy was severely injured during a protest at Shahbagh, Dhaka. False claims about his role and...
A video from 'RT India' falsely claims an attack on a Hindu temple in Bangladesh, but actually shows a festival...
This campaign has sometimes portrayed him as a leader of the religious organization Hezbut Tawheed and, at other times, as...
The report claims that an interim government led by Dr. Yunus has decided to dismiss 67 senior military officials, including...
Dismislab discovered that both incidents took place before August 5, the day Awami League, former ruling party, government fell.
Most of these statements were shared through fake photocards mimicking established media outlets.
Dismislab's verification revealed that the two videos are not from the Chittagong Hill Tracts but from the Philippines.
Amidst conflict, video has been circulating on Facebook in Bangladesh, claiming that Freedom fighters in Manipur have shot down an...
Following Sheikh Hasina's resignation, Bangladesh saw violence against minorities, with misinformation spreading online, fueled by old, unrelated photo-video.
The fake link mimics a popular international petition platform and has been shared in Bangladesh and two African countries.
False information is being spread about the family relationship of lawyer Manzur Al Matin with the recently banned political party...
Videos unrelated to Cyclone Remal have been circulating on social media. Some users are misrepresenting old footage from various countries...
A video circulated on social media platform Facebook claimed to show a nightclub in Dubai. Verification reveals that original footage...
Dismislab has found at least seven staged videos that have been circulated as real events in Bangladesh or India...
Raisi's death, old pictures in the media...
A satirical post taken as truth and promoted on Facebook
AI-generated images spread on social media focusing on the Met Gala 2024...
Bkash's fake offer is being advertised on Facebook with the Prime Minister's photo and logos of two media outlets...
A video of Uganda is circulating on Facebook claiming that the video is from Sayer canal of Satkhira...
A protest video of Assam, India, have been circulating on Facebook with the audio added from the slogans of Eden...
At least 9 misinformation was spread in Bangladesh alone in 2023 using parody account sources. Not only common users are...
A viral video on Facebook claims that soldiers from different countries are heading to Palestine by boat to fight against...
A photograph circulated on Facebook claiming it is of Gulshan, 1872. Verification shows that the photograph was of Chawkbazar, 1904.
Photocards have been circulating on Facebook, claiming that 68,000 Bangladeshi women are being trafficked to brothels in India. Verification shows...
Several videos of the recent floods in Dubai have gone viral on social media. Dismislab found some of these videos...
A video has gone viral on social media with the caption saying mother leaves 16-month-old child alone for 10 days...
The viral video showing villagers tying up a groom and his father from behind after demanding a dowry. Verification shows...
On Facebook, advertisements of gambling apps are seen distorting the statements of RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director and Vice...
A verification on some Facebook posts claiming to make a fake cabbage video shows that it is a video of...
Video of child abuse in Vietnam promoted from Bangladesh page. Likely to create confusion.
Claim surfaced on Facebook that Iqbal, who placed the Quran in a puja mandap of Cumilla in 2021, have died...
A few media outlets in Bangladesh recently published news with the headline that 100 crore tons of food is wasted...
The betting app is being promoted on Facebook by editing the videos of several Bangladeshi cricketers and Indian journalist Shobhna...
The woman was not being allowed to enter, not because of the niqab, but because she did not comply with...
In the past, the images that were circulated as the hands of the martyrs in different countries, have recently been...
As the title did not mention the name of the place, news from Maharashtra in India spread on Facebook as...
The temperature in Rio de Janeiro did not reach 62.3 degrees Celsius; rather, it was a heat index that was recorded.
Daily Pratidiner Bangladesh has published pictures claiming three pirates from the Bangladeshi ship hijacked at the coast of Somalia. However,...
'Messi: the Dog' is applauding in the Oscar ceremony - such information has spread in the media in Bangladesh. Verification...
A sarcastic post featuring images of several soft drink bottles was posted on a Facebook page. From there, a narrative...
Claim that Sumayya Wushah is the youngest journalist in Gaza circulated in news and social media. However the claim is...
Fake photocard with the logo of Kaler Kantho was circulated on Facebook claiming that Dr. Yunus is granting microcredit to...
Asif Aziz has funded the construction of a mosque in India - such claim has been seen circulating on social...
False claim regarding BNP’s leadership was seen spreading through several news portal reports and social media posts.
Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has not promoted any betting site. A edited video created and circulated on Facebook as...
Facebook posts claim that living creatures turn to stone or mummify in Lake Natron. Verification shows that this claim is...
Two videos circulating on social media show alleged Hindu women being converted and another tied to a tree. Verification revealed...
A photo of Palestinian children sleeping inside a tent on muddy ground went viral on social media. Verification found that...
Many people continue to claim that the letter sent by the UN Secretary General congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is...
A piece of unverified information has been circulating on Facebook claiming that the PSC and JSC exams will be held...
Shakib Al Hasan has apologized to Barrister Sumon - the edited video went viral on Facebook and Twitter.
Mustafizur Rahman promoting betting site-- such a video has been seen circulating on Facebook. But the video is created by...