Dataset on social media users' engagement with religious misinformation

This dataset comprises Facebook data on five cases of religious misinformation in Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first publicly accessible dataset on Facebook-based religious misinformation in the country, featuring 7,350 comments contributed by unique users. As online religious misinformation has been implicated in causing interreligious violence and tension in Bangladesh, this dataset can offer crucial insights into how social media is being exploited to foment such events. It may also help advance policy reform and activism to protect human rights and prevent the spread of religious misinformation.

本数据集收录了孟加拉国五起宗教虚假信息事件的脸书（Facebook）相关数据。据我们所知，本数据集是该国首个可公开获取的基于脸书的宗教虚假信息数据集，包含来自独立用户的7350条评论。鉴于线上宗教虚假信息已被证实与孟加拉国境内不同宗教群体间的暴力冲突及紧张局势存在关联，本数据集可针对社交媒体被利用来煽动此类事件的运作机制提供关键见解。同时，本数据集也可为推动政策改革、开展维权行动以保护人权、遏制宗教虚假信息传播提供助力。