Fake photo card misquoting Mahbub Anam circulated to mislead: BanglaFact

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_04_24_0e37bfc5
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: Bangladesh
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Misleading Edited Image
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Misinformation

Topics

Image Manipulation Visual Impersonation

Summary

On April 24, 2026, BanglaFact, the fact-checking wing of Press Institute Bangladesh, identified a fabricated photo card circulating on social media that falsely attributed a statement to Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam. The viral image claimed the minister said that recording and sharing incidents of extortion on social media would lead to swift punishment under cyber laws, but fact-checkers found the minister made no such remark. Instead, his original statement from a parliamentary session on April 21 regarding legal action against unauthorized video publication was distorted and taken out of context to create misinformation.

Sources

Fake photo card misquoting Mahbub Anam circulated to mislead: BanglaFact | Fact Check

bssnews.net · 2026-04-24 · Primary