Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

Md Mahfooz Alam

Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

    Md Mahfooz Alam

    Fact Check: Video showing Rohingyas killed in Myanmar falsely linked to Bangladesh unrest
    Fact Check: Video showing Rohingyas killed in Myanmar falsely linked to Bangladesh unrest

    The claim is false as the video is from the Rakhine region of Myanmar.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 17 Aug 2024 4:49 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral image of UK cops bowing to Muslims is AI-generated
    Fact Check: Viral image of UK cops bowing to Muslims is AI-generated

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false as the image is AI-generated.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 16 Aug 2024 4:09 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of man demanding justice for missing son in Bangladesh misidentified as Hindu community protest
    Fact Check: Viral video of man demanding justice for missing son in Bangladesh misidentified as Hindu community protest

    The video shows a Muslim man, Mohammad Babul Hawaldar, protesting for his son, Mohammad Sunny Hawlader, who has been missing since January 10, 2013.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 14 Aug 2024 4:34 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video of student leader in Bangladesh ā€˜punished’ shared as atrocity against Hindu woman
    Fact Check: Video of student leader in Bangladesh ā€˜punished’ shared as atrocity against Hindu woman

    Bangladeshi journalist Mahdy Hasan Talha confirmed her name is Sagarika Akter, a Muslim and a leader of the Chhatra League at Eden Mohila College.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 10 Aug 2024 5:50 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old images of Buddhist statues vandalism falsely shared as recent incident in Bangladesh
    Fact Check: Old images of Buddhist statues vandalism falsely shared as recent incident in Bangladesh

    NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading as the images are at least from 2012.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 9 Aug 2024 5:50 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Bangladeshi Hindus desperately waiting at border to enter India
    Fact Check: Old video falsely shared as Bangladeshi Hindus desperately waiting at border to enter India

    The video is from the India-Bangladesh border, recorded in 2018 during an annual event called Milan Mela (Meeting Fair).

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 8 Aug 2024 5:51 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video of student protest falsely shared as atrocity on Hindu girl in Bangladesh
    Fact Check: Video of student protest falsely shared as atrocity on Hindu girl in Bangladesh

    Two journalists from Bangladesh confirmed to NewsMeter that the video shows a symbolic protest by a student of the Jagannath University in Bangladesh.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 8 Aug 2024 6:52 AM IST


    Fact Check: Video shows hotel on fire in Bangladesh, not Hindu temple
    Fact Check: Video shows hotel on fire in Bangladesh, not Hindu temple

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The building engulfed in fire is a hotel, not a Hindu temple.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 7 Aug 2024 7:06 AM IST


    Fact Check: Viral photo of man shooting backwards is not from 2024 Paris Olympics
    Fact Check: Viral photo of man shooting backwards is not from 2024 Paris Olympics

    The Olympic background was digitally inserted using Photoshop. The original image is from ā€˜Ching Roi Ching Lan,’ a game show in Thailand.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 Aug 2024 2:45 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video does not show Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh before his assassination
    Fact Check: Viral video does not show Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh before his assassination

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is from November 2023 and shows a Palestinian commoner bleeding.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 1 Aug 2024 4:49 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video of YSRCP activist axed to death in AP falsely shared as from Delhi with communal spin
    Fact Check: Video of YSRCP activist axed to death in AP falsely shared as from Delhi with communal spin

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false, as the incident occurred in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 30 July 2024 8:17 PM IST


    Fact Check: Screenshot of French President Macrons X post mocking Christianity is fabricated
    Fact Check: Screenshot of French President Macron's X post mocking Christianity is fabricated

    NewsMeter found the claim is false. Macron did not post the collage mocking Christianity.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 30 July 2024 11:06 AM IST


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