Tools & Verification

Trusted fact-checking platforms and digital tools to verify news, images, and social media content — combating misinformation in Bangladesh.

Fact-Checking Platforms

Fact-Check
FactWatch

FactWatch is a fact-checking platform that monitors and verifies news, social media content, and public claims to help identify misinformation and promote accurate information.

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Investigative
The Dissent

The Dissent is an independent fact-based online media platform focused on investigative journalism, opinion pieces, and critical analysis of political and social issues.

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Fact-Check
Rumor Scanner Bangladesh

Rumor Scanner Bangladesh is a fact-checking organization that verifies viral claims, news, and social media content to combat misinformation in Bangladesh.

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Fact-Check
BanglaFACT (PIB)

BanglaFACT is a fact-checking initiative by the Press Institute of Bangladesh that verifies and debunks misinformation circulating in the Bengali language.

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Fact-Check
Dismislab Bangladesh

Dismislab Bangladesh is a fact-checking and misinformation verification platform that investigates and debunks false news and viral claims online.

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Fact-Check
AFP Fact Check (Bangla)

AFP Fact Check (Bangla) is the Bengali-language fact-checking service of Agence France-Presse that verifies news, social media content, and viral claims for accuracy in Bangladesh.

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AI-Powered
Shottify

Shottify is an AI-powered news verification and fact-checking platform that analyzes and debunks misinformation, viral claims, and misleading content to promote accurate information online.

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Rising Facts

Rising Facts is a fact-checking and misinformation verification platform under Rising Cumilla that monitors, verifies, and debunks false or misleading content online.

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Fact-Check
Fact or False

An online fact-checking platform based in Bangladesh dedicated to verifying and debunking false and misleading claims circulating online.

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Fact-Check
Dhaka Factcheck

Dhaka Factcheck is a fact-checking platform based in Bangladesh that verifies news, social media claims, and viral content to combat misinformation.

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Fact-Check
Fact Detector Bangladesh

Fact Detector is a Bangladeshi independent fact-checking organization dedicated to verifying viral claims and news.

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Fact First (SACMID)

Fact First is a fact-checking initiative by the South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID) that monitors and reports on fake news and misinformation circulating in Bangladesh.

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Helpdesk
MRDI Fact-Check Helpdesk

MRDI Fact-Check Helpdesk provides journalists and newsrooms in Bangladesh with real-time assistance, guidance, and resources to verify information and strengthen information integrity.

Verification Tools

Image Search
Google Reverse Image Search

Upload an image or paste its URL to find visually similar images and related information across the web. Ideal for tracing the origin of viral images.

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Image Search
TinEye

A reverse image search engine that helps you find where an image appears online and track its usage — useful for detecting image reuse out of context.

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Image Analysis
FotoForensics

An online image analysis tool that helps detect digital alterations in images using forensic techniques such as error level analysis (ELA).

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Video Verification
InVID Verification Plugin

A browser extension that helps fact-checkers and journalists verify images and videos through reverse search, metadata analysis, and keyframe extraction.

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Geolocation
Google Earth (Geolocation)

A virtual globe and mapping platform that lets you explore satellite imagery and 3D buildings — useful for verifying the location of photos and videos.

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