Chinese vloggers pass off Bangladesh slums as India in bizarre videos
Reports indicate that Chinese vloggers have been filming in Bangladeshi slums and falsely presenting the footage as New Delhi on social media platforms. Local residents have expressed anger over the misleading content and the intrusive nature of the filming.
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This highlights the spread of misinformation on social media and the potential for cross-border cultural tensions caused by deceptive digital content.
Chinese nationals have been filming videos in the slums of Dhaka in Bangladesh for months and allegedly presenting the locations as New Delhi during livestreams on Chinese social media platforms, according to a report by Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo. The videos, recorded in densely populated neighbourhoods, reportedly portray local residents as poor and their living conditions as unhygienic, while falsely identifying the locations as parts of India.The activity has been reported in Sector 12 of Uttara and the adjoining Tekpara area of Dhaka, where local residents estimate that more than 150 Chinese nationals have been recording videos. They reportedly walk through streets and alleyways carrying two mobile phones, livestreaming for hours and sometimes entering people's homes to film.
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