White House debate competition hoax
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White House debate competition hoax
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On 29 March 2023 several prominent news media outlets in Bangladesh disseminated a report claiming that a Bangladeshi schoolboy had achieved extraordinary success in a virtual parliamentary debate tournament organized by the White House, which later turned out to be a hoax. The perpetrator forged documents, including certificates and news screenshots, and created a fake website to fabricate their success in a debate competition organized by the White House. The competition itself did not exist,
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2023 hoax in Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_debate_competition_hoax
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2024-02-19T16:27:49Z
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