BDnews24: The new information minister of Bangladesh has vowed to stop ‘shady’ online news outlets from spreading fake news. Hasan Mahmud was speaking to reporters at the Secretariat, on his first day in office on Tuesday. “After my inauguration yesterday, journalists asked me questions about shady news sites that have been popping up online. They release fake news and sometimes defame individuals.”
Online news sites have become increasingly popular on social media after a recent surge in internet users in Bangladesh.
Readers of bdnews24.com, the first online news portal in Bangladesh, fell prey to a fraudulent Facebook page and a website, bdsnews24.com that mimicked the original site. Many readers missed spotting the extra ‘s’ in the web address and were confused by the content.
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