A monthly newsletter on disinformation trends in Bangladesh
Sharp rise in law and order misinformation; politics still dominates
Dismislab’s quarterly misinformation trend analysis found that politics remained the leading topic in fact-checks in the first quarter of 2025, accounting for nearly half of all debunked claims. However, misinformation related to law and order rose from 1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to nearly 9% in the first quarter of 2025.
YouTube fuels fake talk show boom as real voices lose ground
Doctored political talk show videos are surging on YouTube, with 29 channels posting 288 manipulated clips in one week alone, Dismislab found. The trend, driven by profit and politics, distorts public discourse and harms the credibility and income of real creators.
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