A popular slogan supporting Bangladesh’s interim leader Dr. Muhammad Yunus unexpectedly crossed into commercial territory, as dozens of non-political Facebook pages used his name and image in paid ads to boost engagement, blurring lines between political messaging and digital marketing...
Video is fake, verified, still spreading
A video claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump praised Dr. Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, has recently circulated on social media. However, fact-checks show that Trump made no such remarks, and the audio in the video was generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. On May 11, a...
2023 protest video from Bangladesh circulates as recent communal attack in India
Dismislab’s verification shows that the video is not from India. It is rather a scene from Subidbazar area in Sylhet district of Bangladesh.