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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/nytimescomco-posts-fake-news-articles-pretending-to-be-the-new-york-times-2015-6|title=Watch out for this fake news website masquerading as The New York Times|work=businessinsider.com|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220122954/http://www.businessinsider.com/nytimescomco-posts-fake-news-articles-pretending-to-be-the-new-york-times-2015-6|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n687226 |title=Would you believe the pope endorsed Trump? Five tips for spotting fake news|work=NBC News|date=22 November 2016 |access-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916022132/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n687226 |archive-date=16 September 2024|url-status=live}}{{Cite report |url=https://citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burned-after-reading-endless-mayflys-ephemeral-disinformation-campaign/ |title=Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly's Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign |last1=Lim |first1=Gabrielle |last2=Maynier |first2=Etienne |date=2019-05-14 |publisher=University of Toronto |issue=Citizen Lab Research Report No. 118 |last3=Scott-Railton |first3=John |last4=Fittarelli |first4=Alberto |last5=Moran |first5=Ned |last6=Deibert |first6=Ron}}
Definition
Fake news sites deliberately publish hoaxes and disinformation to drive web traffic inflamed by social media.{{citation|title=How Russia Dominates Your Twitter Feed to Promote Lies (And, Trump, Too)|date=6 August 2016|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/06/how-russia-dominates-your-twitter-feed-to-promote-lies-and-trump-too.html|author1=Weisburd, Andrew|author2=Watts, Clint|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531031716/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/06/how-russia-dominates-your-twitter-feed-to-promote-lies-and-trump-too.html|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=live}}{{citation|url=http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/|access-date=19 November 2016|date=2 November 2016|work=Snopes.com|title=Snopes' Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors - Snopes.com's updated guide to the internet's clickbaiting, news-faking, social media exploiting dark side.|first=Kim|last=LaCapria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628060536/https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/|archive-date=28 June 2020|url-status=live}}{{citation|title='Divide Europe': European lawmakers warn of Russian propaganda|date=11 October 2016|url=http://www.dw.com/en/divide-europe-european-lawmakers-warn-of-russian-propaganda/a-36016836|author=Lewis Sanders IV|work=Deutsche Welle|access-date=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325134130/https://www.dw.com/en/divide-europe-european-lawmakers-warn-of-russian-propaganda/a-36016836|archive-date=25 March 2019|url-status=live}} These sites are distinguished from news satire (which is usually intended to be humorous) as they mislead and sometimes profit from readers' gullibility. While most fake news sites are portrayed to be spinoffs of other news sites, some of these websites are examples of website spoofing, structured to make visitors believe they are visiting major news outlets like ABC News or MSNBC.{{citation|work=Business Insider|access-date=16 November 2016|date=15 November 2016|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-users-crowdsource-fake-news-document-2016-11|title=Fed up with fake news, Facebook users are solving the problem with a simple list|first=Ben|last=Gilbert|quote=Some of these sites are intended to look like real publications (there are false versions of major outlets like ABC and MSNBC) but share only fake news; others are straight-up propaganda created by foreign nations (Russia and Macedonia, among others).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526185301/https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-users-crowdsource-fake-news-document-2016-11|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}} The New York Times pointed out that within a strict definition, "fake news" on the Internet referred to a fictitious article which was fabricated with the deliberate motivation to defraud readers, generally with the goal of profiting through clickbait.{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/fake-news-partisan-republican-democrat.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=9 December 2016|date=7 December 2016|first=Sabrina|last=Tavernise|page=A1|quote=Narrowly defined, 'fake news' means a made-up story with an intention to deceive, often geared toward getting clicks.|title=As Fake News Spreads Lies, More Readers Shrug at the Truth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403203114/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/fake-news-partisan-republican-democrat.html|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=live}} PolitiFact described fake news as fabricated content designed to fool readers and subsequently made viral through the Internet to crowds that increase its dissemination.{{citation|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/politifactwisconsin/2016/12/13/politifacts-lie-year-2016-fake-news/95395008/|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=13 December 2016|access-date=14 December 2016|first=Tom|last=Kertscher|title=PolitiFact's Lie of the Year 2016: Fake news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207222243/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/politifactwisconsin/2016/12/13/politifacts-lie-year-2016-fake-news/95395008/|archive-date=7 December 2019|url-status=live}}
The New York Times noted in a December 2016 article that fake news had previously maintained a presence on the Internet and within tabloid journalism in the years prior to the 2016 U.S. election. Except for the 2016 Philippine elections,{{cite news |last1=Ong |first1=Jonathan Corpus |title=Trolls for Sale in the World's Social Media Capital |url=https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/philippines-internet-trolls-social-media-duterte/ |publisher=AsiaGlobal Online |date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011921/https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/philippines-internet-trolls-social-media-duterte/ |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |url-status=live }} prior to the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, fake news had not impacted the election process and subsequent events to such a high degree. Subsequent to the 2016 election, the issue of fake news turned into a political weapon, with supporters of left-wing politics saying those on the opposite side of the spectrum spread falsehoods, and supporters of right-wing politics arguing such accusations were merely a way to censor conservative views. Due to these back-and-forth complaints, the definition of fake news as used for such polemics became more vague.
Lists
= Campaigns by individuals =
The following is a list of websites created by individuals (aside from those associated with corporations or political actors) that have been assessed by fact-checkers as fake news websites.
== American News LLC ==
== Conservative Beaver ==
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! Name !Domain !Status ! class="sortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Sources |
Conservative Beaver
|conservativebeaver.com |Defunct |Published false anti-vaccination claims related to Pfizer, leading to Pfizer filing a petition to compel the site host to reveal the site owner's identity. |
The Red Panther
|theredpanther.com |Defunct |Former name of Toronto Today. As of 2024, is now an e-commerce site. |
Toronto99.com
|Toronto99.com |Active |Had the same Google Adsense code as The Conservative Beaver. |
Toronto Today
|torontotoday.net |Defunct |Had the same Google Adsense code as The Conservative Beaver. |
Vancouver Times
|vancouvertimes.org |Defunct |Likely shares the same site owner as the Conservative Beaver and Toronto Today. |
== Jestin Coler ==
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! Name !Domain !Status ! class="sortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Sources |
Conservative Frontline
|conservativefrontline.com | | |
Denver Guardian
|denverguardian.com | | |
DrudgeReport.com.co
|DrudgeReport.com.co | |Mimics the name of the Drudge Report. |
United Media Publishing
|unitedmediapublishing.com | | |
usatoday.com.co
|usatoday.com.co |Defunct |Falsely reports celebrity appearances and filming locations in random local towns |
washingtonpost.com.co
|washingtonpost.com.co | |Originally registered by Jestin Coler. The Washington Post submitted a complaint against Coler's registration of the site with GoDaddy under the UDRP, and in 2015, an arbitral panel ruled that Coler's registration of the domain name was a form of bad-faith cybersquatting (specifically, typosquatting), "through a website that competes with Complainant through the use of fake news. ... The fake news content misleads readers and serves as 'click bait' to drive readers to other sites, or to share the fake news content with others on social networking websites, to generate advertising revenue." |{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2015 |title=WP Company LLC v. Jestin Coler / DisInfoMedia Inc - Claim Number: FA1509001636671 |url=http://www.adrforum.com/Domaindecisions/1636671.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128044434/http://www.adrforum.com/Domaindecisions/1636671.htm |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |publisher=National Arbitration Forum}} |
== Max Blumenthal ==
== Paul Horner ==
== WTOE 5 News ==
== Your News Wire ==
== Others ==
= Disinformation campaigns =
== Corporate disinformation campaigns ==
{{Main page|List of corporate disinformation campaigns}}
Examples of disinformation campaigns from companies include Eliminalia, a reputation management firm that created a network of over 600 websites for its clients,{{Cite news |last=Boburg |first=Shawn |title=Leaked files reveal reputation-management firm's deceptive tactics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/eliminalia-fake-news-misinformation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315120650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/eliminalia-fake-news-misinformation/ |archive-date=2023-03-15 |access-date=2023-12-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Part 2 – Analysis of the fake articles |url=https://www.qurium.org/dark-ops-undercovered/episode-xiii/part2-analysis-of-the-articles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218043124/https://www.qurium.org/dark-ops-undercovered/episode-xiii/part2-analysis-of-the-articles/ |archive-date=2023-02-18 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Qurium Media Foundation |language=en-GB}} and Regency Enterprises, which created sites to promote the movie A Cure for Wellness.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-13 |title=Fake News Websites Used to Promote Horror Flick A Cure For Wellness {{!}} Lead Stories |url=http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3207746-fake-news-websites-a-cure-for-wellness.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331002054/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2017/02/fake-news-websites-a-cure-for-wellness.html |archive-date=2023-03-31 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig |last2=Lytvynenko |first2=Jane |date=2017-02-13 |title=A Hollywood Film Is Funding Fake News As Part Of Its Publicity Campaign |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/a-hollywood-film-is-funding-fake-news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318215154/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/a-hollywood-film-is-funding-fake-news |archive-date=2023-03-18 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}
== Political disinformation campaigns ==
{{Main article|List of political disinformation website campaigns}}
Examples of countries with political actors that have been confirmed or suspected to be involved with fake news website networks include Brazil,{{Cite journal |last1=Dourado |first1=Tatiana |last2=Salgado |first2=Susana |date=2021-10-02 |title=Disinformation in the Brazilian pre-election context: probing the content, spread and implications of fake news about Lula da Silva |journal=The Communication Review |language=en |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=297–319 |doi=10.1080/10714421.2021.1981705 |issn=1071-4421 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free |hdl=10451/49827}} India,{{Cite news |date=2020-12-10 |title=The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55232432 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926003617/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55232432 |archive-date=2023-09-26 |access-date=2023-12-27 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}} Iran, Italy,{{Cite web |last1=Nardelli |first1=Alberto |last2=Silverman |first2=Craig |date=2016-11-29 |title=Italy's Most Popular Political Party Is Leading Europe In Fake News And Kremlin Propaganda |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/italys-most-popular-political-party-is-leading-europe-in-fak |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203084223/https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/italys-most-popular-political-party-is-leading-europe-in-fak |archive-date=2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en-gb}} the People's Republic of China,{{Cite web |last1=Serabian |first1=Ryan |last2=Kapellmann Zafra |first2=Daniel |title=Pro-PRC "HaiEnergy" Information Operations Campaign Leverages Infrastructure from Public Relations Firm to Disseminate Content on Inauthentic News Sites |url=https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/pro-prc-information-operations-campaign-haienergy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831142904/https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/pro-prc-information-operations-campaign-haienergy |archive-date=2022-08-31 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Mandiant |language=en}} the Philippines,{{cite news|last1=Bacungan|first1=VJ|title=CBCP to public: Fight 'fake news'|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/06/22/cbcp-fight-fake-news.html|publisher=CNN Philippines|date=June 23, 2017|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626010459/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/06/22/cbcp-fight-fake-news.html|archive-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=dead}} Russia,{{Cite web |last1=Nimmo |first1=Ben |last2=Torrey |first2=Mike |date=2022-09-27 |title=Taking down coordinated inauthentic behavior from Russia and China |url=https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CIB-Report_-China-Russia_Sept-2022-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927153619/https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CIB-Report_-China-Russia_Sept-2022-1.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Facebook}} Ukraine (Luhansk),{{Cite web |last1=Nimmo |first1=Ben |last2=Ronzaud |first2=Léa |last3=Eib |first3=C. Shawn |title=Echoes of Fake News - Facebook Downs Assets Linked to Deceptive Websites Run from Separatist-Held Ukraine, First Reported by Die Welt and Netzpolitik |url=https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_echoes_of_fake_news.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226235530/https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_echoes_of_fake_news.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-26 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Graphika}} and the United States.{{Cite web |last=Bengani |first=Priyanjana |date=2021-10-14 |title=The Metric Media network runs more than 1,200 local news sites. Here are some of the non-profits funding them. |url=https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/metric-media-lobbyists-funding.php/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730113840/https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/metric-media-lobbyists-funding.php |archive-date=2023-07-30 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}
= Fraudulent fact-checking websites =
{{Main article|List of fact-checking websites#Fraudulent fact-checking websites}}
According to the Poynter Institute, there are four categories of false fact-checking websites:
- Sites that are satirical in nature
- Sites that attempt to subvert serious fact-checking sites
- Sites that re-appropriate the term "fact-check" for partisan political causes
- Sites with more violent intentions, such as genocide denial.{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=2018-10-18 |title=Khashoggi misinformation highlights a growing number of fake fact-checkers |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/khashoggi-misinformation-highlights-a-growing-number-of-fake-fact-checkers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025223516/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/khashoggi-misinformation-highlights-a-growing-number-of-fake-fact-checkers/ |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}
= Generative AI =
{{Main article|Generative artificial intelligence}}
As of October 2024, NewsGuard has tracked at least 1,090 news/information websites automatically generated by machine learning models that span 16 languages.{{Cite web |title=Tracking AI-enabled Misinformation: 1,090 'Unreliable AI-Generated News' Websites (and Counting), Plus the Top False Narratives Generated by Artificial Intelligence Tools |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/ai-tracking-center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008060737/https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/ai-tracking-center/ |archive-date=2024-10-08 |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}
= Hate groups =
{{Main article|List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups}}
The following table lists websites that have been both considered by fact-checkers as distributing false news and are run by organizations that have been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups.
= Pseudoscience and junk science =
The following is a list of websites that have been characterized by journalists and researchers as promoting pseudoscience or junk science.
== Climate change denial ==
{{Main article|Climate change denial}}
= Satire =
{{Main article|List of satirical fake news websites}}
Numerous websites have been created by companies that contain satirical or news parody content that is intended to be or has been designated by fact-checkers as fake news.
= Troll farms =
{{Main article|List of fake news troll farms}}
{{See also|Troll farm}}Examples of countries with troll farms that have been confirmed or suspected to be involved with fake news website networks include Cambodia,{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://leadstories.com/analysis/2022/12/lead-stories-uncovers-network-of-websites-from-cambodia-pushing-death-hoaxes-on-facebook-to-spread-malware.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127145327/https://leadstories.com/analysis/2022/12/lead-stories-uncovers-network-of-websites-from-cambodia-pushing-death-hoaxes-on-facebook-to-spread-malware.html |archive-date=2023-11-27 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}} Ghana,{{Cite web |date=2018-04-25 |title=Global Fake News Network Responsible For Dozens of Death Hoaxes Shuts Down After Ghana Connections Revealed {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469299-global-fake-news-network-responsible-for-dozens-of-death-hoaxes-shuts-down-after-ghana-connections-r.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206122834/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/04/global-fake-news-network-responsible-for-dozens-of-death-hoaxes-shuts-down-after-ghana-connections-r.html |archive-date=2022-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}} North Macedonia,{{Cite web |date=2019-01-17 |title=Macedonian Fake News Network Shuts Down Dozens Of Websites After Joint Investigation By Lead Stories & Nieuwscheckers {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470104-macedonian-fake-news-network-shuts-down-dozens-of-websites-after-joint-investigation-by-lead-stories.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329160014/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/01/macedonian-fake-news-network-shuts-down-dozens-of-websites-after-joint-investigation-by-lead-stories.html |archive-date=2023-03-29 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}} the Republic of Georgia,{{Cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Andrew |last2=Mcintire |first2=Mike |last3=Dance |first3=Gabriel J.x. |date=2016-11-25 |title=Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: 'This Is All About Income' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/fake-news-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407012227/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/fake-news-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia.html |archive-date=2019-04-07 |access-date=2016-11-26 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}} and Russia.{{Cite news |last1=Ackerman |first1=Spencer |last2=Resnick |first2=Gideon |last3=Collins |first3=Ben |date=2018-03-02 |title=Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia's Election Trolls |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-secret-documents-from-russias-election-trolls-leak |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216095248/https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-secret-documents-from-russias-election-trolls-leak |archive-date=2023-12-16 |access-date=2023-12-25 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}
= User-generated fake news =
The following table lists websites that have allowed users to generate their own hoaxes that appear in the form of news articles. While the stated purpose is for users to prank their friends, many of the resulting false stories have spread on social media and have led to harassment.
= Other networks =
Many fake news websites can be assessed as likely being part of the same network campaign if some combination of the following are true:
- They share the same Google Analytics account{{Cite web |date=2017-11-10 |title=Entire Network Of Fake News Websites Vanishes In Wake Of Mandalay Bay Hoax |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3468860-entire-network-of-fake-news-websites-vanishes-in-wake-of-mandalay-bay-hoax.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206113719/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2017/11/entire-network-of-fake-news-websites-vanishes-in-wake-of-mandalay-bay-hoax.html |archive-date=2022-02-06 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2017-03-30 |title=More Than 30 Websites Are Churning Out Viral Hoaxes About Crazy Crimes And Hip-Hop Beefs |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-celebtricity-network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128145420/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-celebtricity-network |archive-date=2022-11-28 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Alba |first1=Davey |last2=Nicas |first2=Jack |date=2020-10-20 |title=Here Are the Hundreds of Sites in a Pay-to-Play Local News Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/timpone-network-pay-to-play-local-news.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303022747/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/timpone-network-pay-to-play-local-news.html |archive-date=2023-03-03 |access-date=2023-12-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
- They share the same Google AdSense account{{cite news |date=December 30, 2018 |title=VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Ads reveal links between websites producing fake news |url=http://www.verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-yearender-ads-reveal-links-between-web |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212053040/http://www.verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-yearender-ads-reveal-links-between-web |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |publisher=Vera Files}}
- They share the same IP address(es)
- They share the same Gravatar ID
- They refer to each other's domains
- They publish the exact or near-exact same content, especially content that has been plagiarized from other sources
- They have the same or similar designs (layouts, bylines, privacy policies, "About" pages, etc.)
- They have the same owner(s) or hosting provider, based on domain registration information.
== Action News 3 ==
== Batty Post ==
== Celebtricity ==
== PoliticsFocus ==
Used a technique called "domain hopping" - repeatedly switching domain names to stay ahead of advertising blacklists on social media.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-18 |title=Fake News: Melania Trump Did NOT Announce Divorce |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/03/fake-news-melania-trump-divorce-announcement.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927121116/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/03/fake-news-melania-trump-divorce-announcement.html |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Lead Stories}}{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2018-03-01 |title=Publishers Are Switching Domain Names To Try To Stay Ahead Of Facebook's Algorithm Changes |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/publishers-are-switching-domain-names-to-try-and-stay-ahead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430162022/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/publishers-are-switching-domain-names-to-try-and-stay-ahead |archive-date=2023-04-30 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}
= Miscellaneous =
The following article lists miscellaneous sites that are one-offs or otherwise lack information that would place them into one of the other categories above.
{{Main|List of miscellaneous fake news websites}}
See also
{{Portal|Internet|Journalism}}
- {{annotated link |Alternative facts}}
- {{annotated link |Big lie}}
- {{annotated link |Chequebook journalism}}
- {{Annotated link |Clickbait}}
- {{annotated link |Demoralization (warfare)}}
- {{Annotated link |Disinformation}}
- {{Annotated link |Echo chamber (media)}}
- {{Annotated link |Fake news by country}}
- {{Annotated link |Filter bubble}}
- {{Annotated link |Firehose of falsehood}}
- {{annotated link |Journalism ethics and standards}}
- {{Annotated link |Post-truth politics}}
- {{annotated link |Pseudohistory}}
- {{Annotated link |Selective exposure theory}}
- {{Annotated link |Spiral of silence}}
- {{Annotated link |Tabloid journalism}}
- {{Annotated link |Troll farm}}
- {{Annotated link |Yellow journalism}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
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