DHAKA, Feb 27, 2026 (BSS) - BanglaFact, the specialized Fact Check, Media 
Research, and Analysis Team of the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB), has 
exposed a malicious disinformation campaign utilizing Artificial Intelligence 
(AI) to manufacture deceptive visuals of extortion and vandalism. 

In an official briefing on Thursday, the unit revealed that high-tech digital 
fabrications are being strategically deployed to mislead the populace and 
compromise the integrity of the national information landscape.

The PIB investigative team identified a specific instance of disinformation 
recently circulating on Facebook, which weaponized a manufactured narrative 
of petty extortion to incite public outcry. 

The viral post centered on a claim that a local business was destroyed over a 
negligible sum: "A shop has been vandalized because an extortion demand of 
only Taka 10 was not met."

Upon rigorous forensic verification, BanglaFact confirmed that the 
accompanying image was not a photograph of a real-world occurrence. 

Instead, the visual evidence was synthesized using Artificial Intelligence 
and presented as a factual event. 

This digital fabrication represents a calculated attempt to sow confusion 
among the general public by passing off AI-generated content as authentic 
truth.