DHAKA, May 1, 2025 (BSS) - Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organisation in Bangladesh, identified 296 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in April this year.
In addition to regular fact-checks, Rumor Scanner published a “Fact File” about old rumors involving Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus that resurfaced during the genocide in Gaza.
The Rumor Scanner Investigation Unit also released an investigative report from their team about a new method of spreading political misinformation using Blogspot’s free domain.
In the previous month March, 298 false claims were identified.
Based on fact-checks published on Rumor Scanner’s website in April, most misinformation (101 items) was related to national issues, making up 34% of the total.
There were also 95 political, 38 international, 27 religious, 8 entertainment and literary, 7 education-related, 10 fraud-related, and 9 sports-related false claims found during the month.
Most of the misinformation identified last month was based on text, with 138 cases. There were also 105 cases based on videos and 53 based on images.
Among all the identified misinformation, 180 were labeled as false, 66 as misleading, and 48 as distorted. Additionally, two sarcastic or humorous posts were fact-checked because they were being shared as if they were real.
Facebook released the highest number of misinformation cases last month, with 276 instances. YouTube followed FB with 54, Instagram with 48, X (formerly Twitter) with 44, TikTok...
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