About

InfoCheck Circle

Youth for Policy (YfP) InfoCheck Circle — Youth-Led Digital Civic Alert Network

Implementing organization
Institute for Informed Development (IID)
Project code
DDIBAN017

Initiative brief

A youth-led digital civic alert network

InfoCheck Circle is a decentralized platform where trained youth volunteers across five locked districts in Bangladesh log digital scams, misinformation, online fraud, and related harms they encounter locally.

Published reports feed a public dashboard used with government stakeholders and Ancholik Alapon policy forum attendees to show the scale and patterns of these digital harms — without exposing reporter identities.

The initiative is implemented by the Institute for Informed Development (IID) under Youth for Policy, project code DDIBAN017.

Portal purpose

What this portal does

  • Capture verified local harm

    Volunteers document incidents with classification, evidence, and a manual verification checklist — the system never auto-verifies.

  • Publish anonymized alerts

    Public incidents are identified by Case ID only. Reporter names, phones, and emails stay private.

  • Surface patterns for action

    Maps, charts, and status tracking help communities and stakeholders see where digital harm is concentrating and how cases progress.

  • Support safer triage

    RED / YELLOW / GREEN risk labels give volunteers a shared severity language, with a published rubric and escalation rules.

How it works

From community to public dashboard

  1. 01

    Trained volunteers log an incident for one of the five districts.

  2. 02

    They attach evidence, run verification checks, and optionally set a risk triage level.

  3. 03

    Published cases appear on the map, charts, and incident list — anonymized by Case ID.

  4. 04

    Volunteers update case status as community follow-up progresses toward resolution.