fact-checking
Doctors Without Borders targeted by Israel-Hamas war misinformation
"Basically he abused his position as a medic, which the IDF cannot shoot, to break the law and assist terrorists to get a weapon."
Curb social media rumors
The National Security Council yesterday directed law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be on alert so that no one can spread any disinformation on social media centring the next national election.
False claims on Israel-Hamas war mushroom online, put focus on Musk's X
Asked for comment, an X representative said more than 500 unique Community Notes, a feature that lets users add context to potentially misleading content, have been posted about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Photocard with comment of Dr Yunus on Israel is fake
The Daily Star would like to clarify that we have not created or shared any photocard with the quoted statement
Nobel winner Amartya Sen's daughter denies rumours of his death
Nandana Sen posted a picture with her father and confirmed the 89-year-old was "busy as ever".
Photocard with Mirza Fakhrul's comment on Palestine is fake
Searching on Google, we found no statement of Mirza Fakhrul Islam similar to the fake photocard in any media outlets and no news of Mirza Fakhrul's meeting with US Ambassador Peter Haas on October 8.
Exposing disinformation is a crime in Modi’s India
In early 2017, when I was mulling over launching BD FactCheck – the first fact-checking initiative in Bangladesh – we looked for who else in the region was already working in this field.
Where LIES reign supreme
Photoshopped pictures, fake captions, doctored contents swarm social media; culprits abuse it for inciting fanaticism, running propaganda against war crimes trial, and for character assassination
Doctors Without Borders targeted by Israel-Hamas war misinformation
"Basically he abused his position as a medic, which the IDF cannot shoot, to break the law and assist terrorists to get a weapon."
Curb social media rumors
The National Security Council yesterday directed law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be on alert so that no one can spread any disinformation on social media centring the next national election.
False claims on Israel-Hamas war mushroom online, put focus on Musk's X
Asked for comment, an X representative said more than 500 unique Community Notes, a feature that lets users add context to potentially misleading content, have been posted about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Photocard with comment of Dr Yunus on Israel is fake
The Daily Star would like to clarify that we have not created or shared any photocard with the quoted statement
Nobel winner Amartya Sen's daughter denies rumours of his death
Nandana Sen posted a picture with her father and confirmed the 89-year-old was "busy as ever".
Photocard with Mirza Fakhrul's comment on Palestine is fake
Searching on Google, we found no statement of Mirza Fakhrul Islam similar to the fake photocard in any media outlets and no news of Mirza Fakhrul's meeting with US Ambassador Peter Haas on October 8.
Exposing disinformation is a crime in Modi’s India
In early 2017, when I was mulling over launching BD FactCheck – the first fact-checking initiative in Bangladesh – we looked for who else in the region was already working in this field.
Where LIES reign supreme
Photoshopped pictures, fake captions, doctored contents swarm social media; culprits abuse it for inciting fanaticism, running propaganda against war crimes trial, and for character assassination
