Ahamed Yaseer Abrar

Researcher and translator. He has completed his graduation from Department of Criminology at University of Dhaka. His areas of interest are disinformation, state surveillance and crime.

Research

How IPD lets ghost authors publish almost anything on Bangladesh— even propaganda, without checks

In a month-long investigation, Dismislab found 10 articles on US-based International Policy Digest (IPD) website critical of Bangladesh’s post-uprising government...

Factcheck

This video does not show mosque being demolished in India or China

A video showing a mosque-like structure being demolished with a bulldozer is circulating on social media with different claims. Some...

Community

Burned cows image shared with false communal claim on social media

Verification reveals that the photo is two months old and that the owner of the burned cowshed is not Hindu.