Rumor Scanner detects 298 misinformation cases in March

Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organisation in Bangladesh, identified 298 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in March this year.

Previously, in January and February, it identified 271 and 268 instances of misinformation, respectively, said a report of Rumor Scanner released today.

According to the data calculated from the fact-checks published on Rumor Scanner's website in March, the highest number of misinformation cases were related to political issues (105), accounting for 35 percent of the total misinformation.

Additionally, 103 cases were related to national issues, 12 to international issues, 36 to religious issues, 3 to entertainment and literature, 3 to education, 12 to fraud, and 16 to sports.