Development Letters - Misinformation and Disinformation in Bangladesh

Youth and youth-led In Bangladesh, the misuse of social media misinformation becomes even more complex, threatening the credibility of journalism organisations are encouraged to play an active information to ensure accuracy and prevent the platforms has become a catalyst for social, posing a serious threat to the stability of the worldwide. [...] dissemination of tens of thousands of misleading pieces of content reaches millions.1 This creates a situation where a substantial As social media's popularity and portion of the population lacks the means to independently verify the accuracy of the against misinformation stem from the fact that anyone can be a news information they encounter. [...] dissemination of tens of thousands of misleading pieces of content reaches millions.1 This creates a situation where a substantial portion of the population lacks the means to independently verify the accuracy of the stem from the fact that anyone can be a news information they encounter. [...] As the growth of digital penetration accompanies the to this social ill, and this in turn economic development of the South Asian has shed light on the nature of nations, the presence of low levels of media and circulating dis/misinformation digital literacy of the populations in this region has led to the institutionalisation of in the South Asian social media fact-checking as a watchdog against. [...] Even mainstream The following section presents a case of such media outlets like The Times of India issued a phenomena along with thematic political and fake alert regarding the inauthenticity of the social issues pertinent to the study of the South claims made with the video.