DHAKA, April 2, 2025 (BSS) - Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organisation in Bangladesh, identified 298 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in March this year.
Previously, in January and February, it identified 271 and 268 instances of misinformation, respectively, said a report of Rumor Scanner released today.
According to the data calculated from the fact-checks published on Rumor Scanner's website in March, the highest number of misinformation cases were related to political issues (105), accounting for 35 percent of the total misinformation.
Additionally, 103 cases were related to national issues, 12 to international issues, 36 to religious issues, 3 to entertainment and literature, 3 to education, 12 to fraud, and 16 to sports.
Among these incidents, video-centric misinformation was the most prevalent, with 143 cases.
Information-centric misinformation accounted for 110 cases, and image-centric misinformation for 45 cases. Of the identified misinformation, 168 cases were classified as false, 97 as misleading, and 31 as distorted, the report said.
Last month, Facebook was the platform where the most false information was spread, with a total of 273 cases.
In addition, 62 cases were found on X, seven on TikTok, 44 on YouTube, 26 on Instagram, and at least five on Threads.
Even the country's media outlets were not excluded from the spread of false information. Rumor Scanner observed the spread of false information in 16 instances across multiple local...
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