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Bangladesh Misinformation Disinformation Fake News Trend 2025
As the elections draw closer, the volume of misinformation continues to rise while fake alliances, false surveys shape the disinformation...
2025 in Review: The Rise of AI in Misinformation, Familiar Faces in Disinformation Headlines, and Unfamiliar Actors behind the Scene
Bangladesh saw 30 percent more misinformation in 2025, with most fact-checks political, increasingly spread through videos and AI-driven content.
Dismislab Factcheck Hindu student Ovi Das murder Bangladesh
An India-based X account falsely claim that a student named Ovi Das was tied up and thrown alive into a...
Dismislab - Bangladeshi Hindu begging for life AI Video factcheck
An AI-generated video is circulating on X, showing a young man claiming that the situation in Bangladesh has suddenly worsened.
Dismislab Feature - Bangladesh shuts down Indian TV Channels factcheck
The Bangladesh government has only ordered the suspension of IPL match broadcasts, not all Indian TV channels.
Fake Amar Desh photocard claims Jamaat threatened voters of consequences if they didn’t vote for the party
Fake Amar Desh photocard claims Jamaat threatened voters if people did not vote for Daripalla, Jamaat’s electoral symbol.
The video claiming to show Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner confirming the arrest of a BNP activist while setting a...
Man slapped fellow passenger on Biman flight is not BNP leader Rafiq Azad, name Abdul Subhan
The man who slapped the passenger on the Biman flight was Abdul Subhan; fact-check confirms he was not BNP leader...
Fake photocard claiming killer of Chattogram BNP leader Ershad Ullah was arrested fact-checked
A photocard falsely claims Ershad Ullah’s attacker was arrested; fact-check reveals the image is unrelated.
Footage of Rajbari mob beating falsely linked to Gaibandha political attack Factcheck
A video mislabels Rajbari mob beating as a Gaibandha political attack; fact-check confirms it shows locals assaulting an alleged extortionist.
An NTV photocard claiming Jamaat-e-Islami alliance would win 163 seats in election fact-checked
A fake NTV photocard claimed the Jamaat alliance will win 163 seats in the next election; however, Dismislab verified it...
Video falsely claiming a Tajikistan mosque converted into dance hall fact-checked
A Tajikistan mosque turned into a dance hall is a false claim; fact-checks confirm the video shows Khujand Fortress’s cultural...
Bangladesh army will not play effective role during Awami league lockdown false claim factcheck
Videos circulate with the false claim that the Bangladesh Army has clearly stated it will not play effective role in...
video of attack on Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus’s residence factcheck
Video falsely claims an attack on Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s Chattogram residence; fact-check shows the clip is from Awami...
Nomination deprived BNP supporters set bus on fire video ahead of national election factcheck
A video claiming BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury’s supporters set fire to a bus in Sitakunda is false; it’s from a...
BNP members set fire to a train over denial of nomination for election factcheck
A video falsely claims BNP activists set fire to a train in Chattogram; it actually shows a 2024 fire incident...
February 5 has not been announced as the election date factcheck
The claim that that the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the referendum will be held together on February 5 is...
Bus driver dies as nomination-deprived protesters set vehicle on fire in Satkhira ahead of national election 2026 factcheck
A fake Jamuna TV photocard falsely claims a bus was set on fire by nomination-deprived protesters in Satkhira.
National Citizen Party (NCP) and student coordinators attacked an Ansar camp ahead of the national election video factcheck
A video falsely claims NCP and student coordinators attacked an Ansar camp; it actually shows a November 3 training drill...
Awami League BNP Clash in Faridpur video false claim Factcheck
A video falsely claimed to show a clash between Awami League and BNP in Faridpur, but fact-check finds it is...
Dhaka University Teacher Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan Monami's AI and edited photo factcheck
Photos claiming to be of Dhaka University teacher Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan Monami are actually altered and AI generated.
200 members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Gaibandha have joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Factcheck
A photocard claiming Gaibandha Jamaat members joined BNP is edited; the photo is actually from Chuadanga and shows BNP members...
Palestinian Doctor Did Not Win the Nobel Peace Prize
A photocard claiming Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya won the Nobel Peace Prize is false; the prize went to María...
an Indian woman was gang-raped while visiting Israel factcheck
A video claiming an Indian woman was gang-raped in Israel actually shows 10 prisoners escaping from a U.S. jail, Dismislab...
Muntasir Mahmud relieved from NCP factcheck
Muntasir Mahmud was temporarily removed from the NCP for violating party discipline, not for homosexuality allegations.
Old US TV show clip spread as ‘Torenza Woman’ claim
A video falsely claims to show a woman presenting a passport from a nonexistent country Torenza in the United States,...
These children were not detained for chanting Joy Bangla but rescued after getting lost in Banshkhali, Chattogram, factcheck confirms.
The claim that Islami Chhatra Shibir’s Nangalkot unit president was caught on a bus with a woman is false, Dismislab...
The video claiming that different Dhaka areas were filled with chants of “Joy Bangla” actually shows a procession of BAU...
Fact check: A video of an Awami League leader’s son is false; it shows a schoolboy’s body recovery in Sherpur.
Crocodile Attack on a woman factcheck
The video claiming a crocodile dragged a woman in Kushtia’s Gorai River is actually from India, fact-check confirms.
A viral video falsely claims a DUCSU election clash; it actually shows a November 2024 protest in front of Prothom...
A video falsely claims a woman was gang-raped in Gazipur; but fact-check shows that it’s actually from a mob beating...
Misinformation spreads over Khagrachari conflict factcheck
Several posts on the Khagrachari conflict circulated on social media, but Dismislab fact-checked at least five as false using old...
Video from Nepal protests shared, claiming to show violence in Khagrachhari
A video claiming hill people attacked the army in Bangladesh is false; it originally shows September protests in Nepal, verified...
Bangladeshi delegates were not present during Netanyahu’s UN speech is false - factcheck
Claims that Bangladeshi delegates, including Dr. Muhammad Yunus, stayed during Netanyahu’s UN speech are false.
Social media posts falsely claim Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed has died; he is receiving treatment at Square Hospital, his...
Indonesian night scene circulated as Khagrachhari violence
A video claiming to show Khagrachhari’s Mahajan Para is false; it actually depicts Surakarta, Indonesia’s Nagasopuro Night Market.
The video claiming to show a devastating blaze in Demra, Dhaka is actually of an incident in Nepal.
The video of a man and a woman fighting on an Indian plane was not real. It was a staged...
Dismislab’s fact-checked video with false claims ran as a Meta ad for three days, violating Meta’s policy.
Nepal fire did not destroy Charyapada
The original manuscript of Charyapada was not preserved in Singha Durbar, but in Nepal's National Archives.
Hannan Masud Scheenshot Factcheck
Fact-check: The claim that NCP leader forcibly married BAGCHAS leader Jadni over a mocking post is false; screenshot was edited.
A viral video falsely claims an imam was stabbed in Bangladesh; it actually shows an incident in Indonesia.
DUCSU factcheck
Year-old Feni election video falsely circulated on social media as evidence of ballot rigging in the DUCSU election.
A viral video falsely claims a clash over the JUSCU election; it actually shows a February clash at Dhaka University.
The video claiming to show a clash between Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir before the DUCSU election results is unrelated...
Dismislab’s verification shows Fehlinger is not a NATO official. He is actually an activist advocating for NATO expansion.
A viral video claiming a clash at Chittagong University actually shows a September 2024 protest at a Savar garment factory.
child victim of Shibir gunfire factcheck
The photo circulated as a child named Ifti who was killed in Shibir gunfire is actually of an Indian minor.
Dhaka University Clash Factcheck
Fact-check: Video claiming Dhaka University turmoil and the country on the brink of civil war actually shows a protest in...
Photocard using Jamuna TV's Logo
Photocard using Jamuna Television’s logo claiming that Bangladesh Army Chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman met with India’s ambassador is fake, reveals fact-check.
Fact-check: An old video falsely claims Gano Adhikar Parishad activists vandalized the (Dhaka Metropolitan Police) DMP office.
BUET student clash photo
Fact-check: BUET student clash photo is real, not AI-generated; verified by multiple photographers and metadata.
A video of a female student’s harassment, shared on Facebook, is falsely claimed to be from Bangladesh; it is actually...
A 2023 IRI survey on Sheikh Hasina’s popularity is being falsely shared online as a current 2025 report.
A two-year-old video falsely claims a child’s body was found in a BNP leader’s house; it’s actually a 2022 Jashore...
Video Shared Claiming Attack on CMM Court is from Last Year
The video showing an attack and vandalism in front of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court is not recent...
myanmar stabbing killing video not bangladeshi factcheck
The stabbing and killing video neither shows scenes from the hilly areas of Bangladesh nor Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
Nightguard dead body shared as BSL factcheck
The video claiming to be the body of a Bangladesh Students' League activist is actually of a security guard from...
Meher Afroz Shaon fake bank statement factcheck
Several Facebook posts claim a bank statement shows actress Meher Afroz Shaon gave Tk 20,000 to cultural figures.
Indian video shared as Coxs Bazar murder factcheck
The video claiming to show a man being hacked to death in Cox's Bazar is actually of an incident in...
BSL procession on National Mourning Day video factcheck
A video claiming to show a BSL procession in front of Dhanmondi 32 on "National Mourning Day" is old and...
Video of cash seizure not from NCP leader Samanta Sharmin’s home
Video falsely claims cash recovered from NCP leader’s house; actually over five years old and shows Awami League leader’s home.
Claim of former US ambassador Peter Haas using Dhaka airport lounge proven false - Factcheck report by Dismislab
The list claiming former U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas used the airport lounge on August 5 is fake.
Old videos used in coverage of Russia earthquake A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in eastern Russia on 29 July. Following the incident, at least two old videos were seen circulating in several Bangladeshi media outlets, which had no connection to the earthquake in Russia.
Old, unrelated videos circulated in Bangladeshi media following the powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in eastern Russia on 29 July.
Hindu passenger slaps a Muslim co-passenger in India, a claim falsely shared on social media
Viral IndiGo flight video falsely claims Hindu man slapped Muslim passenger, amid anti-Muslim eviction row, Dismislab debunks.
Fighter jet crash in Uttara triggers surge of fake AI imagery online - Factcheck report by Dismislab
After a July 21 Air Force crash in Uttara, AI-generated images falsely showing the incident spread widely on social media.
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash - factcheck report by Dismislab
Misleading Facebook posts claim 247 dead, 522 injured in Uttara jet crash. Milestone School confirms the numbers are false.
On July 12, several old videos were circulated on social media throughout the day, falsely claiming that activists from the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jamaat-Shibir had attacked and set fire to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) offices in Dhaka, Comilla, Jessore and Jhenaidah. Dismislab verified five of the videos allegedly showing attacks on BNP offices and found they were not recent. The misleading footage was shared amid protests following the death of scrap trader Sohag in front of Mitford Hospital in Dhaka.
Old videos falsely claiming NCP and Jamaat-Shibir attacked BNP offices in Dhaka, Cumilla, Jessore, and Jhenaidah went viral.
Fake 'Anonymous' network on Facebook: a trap of conspiracies, predictions, and misinformation - A report by Dismislab Factchecks
Facebook pages imitating the international hacker-activist group ‘Anonymous’ are spreading conspiracy theories and false information to set up scams.
The President of Peru did not declare Sheikh Hasina the ‘legitimate Prime Minister’ at the ‘Global Humor Conference’ held in...
A viral claim that Hindus in Rajasthan broke solar panels over a Sun God insult is false.
Old photos and videos were falsely shared with the claim that they depicted scenes from the Gopalganj clashes
Amid Gopalganj clashes on July 16, old photos and videos were falsely shared as scenes from the violence.
Two videos have circulated on social media — one showing a group of people beating a man by the roadside, and the other showing a person striking someone with a spade in an open field. Social media posts claim that the footage depicts recent incidents in Bangladesh. But verification shows that one of the videos is from Andhra Pradesh, India, and the other from Uttar Pradesh.
One shows a group assaulting a man, another a spade attack, neither video is from Bangladesh.
False Claim Linking Moroccan Incident to BNP Attack in Gazipur, Bangladesh
The viral video linked to BNP is not from Gazipur, but from Morocco.
False Claims Emerge Amid Awami League’s Hartal Program
Several old videos have been falsely circulated on Facebook claiming to show Awami League's programs during the July 20 hartal.
The photo claiming to show the list of students killed in the Milestone plane crash is AI generated.
Video claiming a water bottle costs 600 TK is from the Asian Cup qualifiers match, not the Uttara jet crash.
Viral plane crash video falsely linked to Dhaka school; it’s actually from 2024 Karnaphuli River training jet crash, Chattogram.
‘Mujib Bahini’ receiving training in Gopalganj False Claim Factcheck
The photo claiming Mujib Bahini taking training in Gopalganj is actually at least 13 years old and shows Maoist members...
Subscription trap in the name of internet offers on Facebook ads Factcheck
Several Facebook posts and ads announce mobile internet offer, but fact-check shows that those are scam posts causing financial loss.
Not Rafi, the flag-wrapped body is Jahidul, killed in the July Movement factcheck
A photo claimed to show “Shaheed Rafi” is actually Md. Jahidul Islam, killed in 2024 during Pabna’s anti-discrimination student movement.
handcuffed defendant being struck with a stick in a court compound, as three police officers stand nearby factcheck
The video of handcuffed defendant being struck with a stick in a court compound, as three police officers stand nearby...
Two viral videos claiming to show the Hindu woman victim’s statement on the Muradnagar incident were actually old and unrelated.
Several posts have been circulating on social media platform Facebook claiming that the hindu woman, who was allegedly raped in...
teenage girl died due to excessive bleeding during first period factcheck
A photo falsely claims a teenage girl died from first-period bleeding; Dismislab’s fact-check shows it’s old, depicting a 2020 suicide...
Israelis fleeing during the Iran-Israel conflict video factcheck
A video falsely claimed to show Israelis fleeing during the Iran-Israel conflict actually depicts people in Nepal collecting a rare...
Three viral videos claiming to show scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict were AI-generated using Google’s Veo-3.
A video recently circulated on the social media platform Facebook, purportedly showing moments just before the plane crash in Ahmedabad,...
Edited video falsely claims to depict scene of rice seizure from Adviser Asif’s house
Edited video falsely claims that sacks of rice were found in the house of interim government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib...
A video has gone viral on Facebook and X, showing a group of people throwing chairs in front of a...
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?...
A video of a broom procession has been widely shared on Facebook over the last two days, with several Awami...
A video showing a mosque-like structure being demolished with a bulldozer is circulating on social media with different claims. Some...
The video is unrelated to any weapons recovered from members of any student wings of Rajshahi University. Instead, it is...
A video shared on social media platform ‘X’ claims to show the killing of three brothers, including a Swechchhasebak League...
A video recently shared on Facebook claims that relatives of a local BNP leader raped two women. The video shows...
Following the fact-finding report on human rights violations during the July-August protests in Bangladesh published by the Office of the...
A video circulating on social media claims to show a torchlight procession by the Awami League in Sylhet in support...
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...
While Rakib, a student of Dhaka College, was injured in the incident, he has not died, as confirmed by one...
Recent claims on social media suggest that the Gupaltila Shiva Temple in Sylhet was covered due to a nearby Waz...
A powerful earthquake recently struck Tibet, leading to widespread destruction and significant loss of life. In the aftermath, misleading images...
Two viral videos circulating on social media, claiming to show scenes from Tibet’s recent earthquake. However, verification revealed that the...
Several Facebook posts allege that Tulip Siddiq, the daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh...
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 circulating on social media, claiming Islamist attacks on Hindu women as part of a land-grabbing attempt, is false...
A video from 'RT India' falsely claims an attack on a Hindu temple in Bangladesh, but actually shows a festival...
Recently, a misleading post on the social media platform X alleged that a joint forces operation in Chattogram resulted in...
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.
A false claim has recently surfaced on social media, alleging that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Chief Advisor Dr. Yunus...
Amidst conflict, video has been circulating on Facebook in Bangladesh, claiming that Freedom fighters in Manipur have shot down an...
Since assuming power, many misinformations have been spread on Facebook about Dr. Yunus. Dismislab found several cases of spreading false...
An old video on X falsely claims Bangladesh's interim government launched a campaign to boycott Indian goods.
Two videos have gone viral on social media X with a communal twist. However, verification shows that there is no...
Hashtags such as #SaveBangladeshiHindus, #HindusAreNotSafeInBangladesh, and #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus are being added to these posts.
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...
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...
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...
Verification by Dismislab has found that no such conversation took place between Tamim and Kohli.
Two video reels circulating on social media, in which former captains of the Bangladesh national cricket team, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza...
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.
Social media is being used to spread sexually suggestive and degrading content targeting Bangladeshi actress Mahiya Mahi during her political...
Recently, a false quotation attributed to Sourav Ganguly has surfaced on a cricket-related Facebook page. Additionally, three more false quotations...
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...
In order to show long queues of voters in this election, pictures taken during the previously held local government or...
Shakib Al Hasan slapped a man in the crowd on January 2, not on Election Day.
The incident occurred during a program of an opposition group called Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Swechhasebak Dal.
Recently, a deepfake video of actress Tanjin Tisha has spread on social media. Upon verification, it was revealed that Tisha's...
The bacteria has actually been named ‘Pantoea Tagorei’ to pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore.
The advertisement ran on Facebook from October 26 to October 28 and reached an audience of 300,000 to 350,000 viewers.
The original news from which the fake screenshot derived mentioned the arrest of two BNP workers on charges of arson.
Several Bangladeshi media outlets claimed that a person named Mian Arefy, Joe Biden's adviser, had visited the BNP headquarters. However...
Israel-Palestine conflict triggers rampant dissemination of false information and misleading videos through social media channels.
Dismislab has verified that the screenshot is not authentic, and Al Jazeera has not published any news regarding this arrest.
Contrary to recent claims in Bangladeshi media and social media posts, Sweden has not recognized sex as a sport nor...
Social media is abuzz with claims that a letter from six US Congressmen regarding human rights in Bangladesh is fake,...
When ‍a TV Channel reported Rajshahi as the cleanest city in Asia, social media lit up with praise. But, Dismislab's...
রবীন্দ্রনাথের ভাস্কর্য
A claim has spread on social media that extremists have vandalized Rabindranath Tagore's sculpture at Dhaka University. It's not true.
A video is being circulated on Facebook claiming to be the scene of an earthquake on the China-Tajikistan border. However,...
Both the claims surrounding the photo were false.
Did Einstein really say that the survival of Earth depends on the survival of bees? Despite the widespread circulation of...
Dismislab found that the claim was misleading. Not 28, but 17 people in the photo had won the Nobel Prize...
Believing in these small bits of misinformation about space opens the path for a person to fall for major space...
It was claimed that just like there are chips set in the football, so are chips inserted into the players’...
Several science enthusiasts’ pages and websites claim that chocolate has cockroaches in them. But Dismislab’s factchecking found some claims to...