NAVIGATING NARRATIVES
A monthly newsletter on disinformation trends in Bangladesh
 
   
May 31, 2026
   
We tested four AI models on fake IDs. Two did it without a question
Over several days, Dismislab tested ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok using the same prompts, photographs and publicly available sample identity documents collected online. What began with a fictional Bangladeshi persona eventually expanded to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and U.S. President Donald Trump. The results revealed a patchwork of uneven safeguards: some strict, some porous and some that weakened after repeated prompts.
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How a deleted Facebook video resurfaced to stoke cross-border religious hate on social media
This Dismislab investigation examines how a video once removed by Facebook resurfaced and gained traction after the West Bengal election results; who helped spread it; and how the same clip was repeatedly used and reframed in provocative narratives targeting both Hindu and Muslim communities.
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