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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 ==

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American News

|americannews.com

|Defunct

|Published a false story claiming actor Denzel Washington endorsed Donald Trump for U.S. president. The fictional headline led to thousands of people sharing it on Facebook, a prominent example of fake news spreading on the social network prior to the 2016 presidential election.

|{{cite web |last=Iannelli |first=Jerry |date=28 February 2017 |title=There's Reportedly a Gigantic #FakeNews Operation Run From Miami (and It's Not New Times!) |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/theres-reportedly-a-gigantic-fakenews-operation-run-from-miami-and-its-not-new-times-9173747 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506200051/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/theres-reportedly-a-gigantic-fakenews-operation-run-from-miami-and-its-not-new-times-9173747 |archive-date=6 May 2017 |access-date=28 May 2017 |work=Miami New Times}}

{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=February 27, 2017 |title=This Is How Your Hyperpartisan Political News Gets Made |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-the-hyperpartisan-sausage-is-made |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717154405/https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-the-hyperpartisan-sausage-is-made |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |work=Buzzfeed News}}{{cite news |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=14 November 2016 |title=Denzel Washington endorsed Trump, according to AmericaNews, Breitbart, USANewsHome — and Facebook |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/14/denzel-washington-endorsed-trump-according-to-americanews-breitbartt-usanewshome-and-facebook/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221203603/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/14/denzel-washington-endorsed-trump-according-to-americanews-breitbartt-usanewshome-and-facebook/ |archive-date=21 February 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2018-07-29 |title=This Huge Hyperpartisan American Conservative Facebook Page Was Rented Out To Guys In India |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/hyperpartisan-conservative-facebook-page-india |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730043759/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/hyperpartisan-conservative-facebook-page-india |archive-date=2018-07-30 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

Conservative 101

|conservative101.com

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|Falsely claimed that the White House fired Kellyanne Conway.

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Democratic Review

|DemocraticReview.com

|Defunct

|Owned by American Review LLC of Miami, the same company that owns American News (americannews.com), Conservative 101 and Liberal Society.

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Liberal Society

|LiberalSociety.com

|Defunct

|Published a fake direct quote attributed to Obama, Falsely claimed that the White House fired Kellyanne Conway.

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== Conservative Beaver ==

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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.

|{{Cite web |date=2021-11-24 |title=Pfizer Petitions Court For Identity of 'Conservative Beaver' Publisher -- Lead Stories May Have Found Him |url=https://leadstories.com/analysis/2021/11/who-is-conservative-beaver.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406144753/https://leadstories.com/analysis/2021/11/who-is-conservative-beaver.html |archive-date=2023-04-06 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Lead Stories}}

The Red Panther

|theredpanther.com

|Defunct

|Former name of Toronto Today.

As of 2024, is now an e-commerce site.

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Toronto99.com

|Toronto99.com

|Active

|Had the same Google Adsense code as The Conservative Beaver.

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Toronto Today

|torontotoday.net

|Defunct

|Had the same Google Adsense code as The Conservative Beaver.

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Vancouver Times

|vancouvertimes.org

|Defunct

|Likely shares the same site owner as the Conservative Beaver and Toronto Today.

|{{Cite web |date=2022-02-23 |title=Fact Check: Trucker Convoy Leader Was NOT Found Dead In Her Cell {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/02/fact-check-trucker-convoy-leader-not-found-dead-in-her-cell.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606210012/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/02/fact-check-trucker-convoy-leader-not-found-dead-in-her-cell.html |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

== Jestin Coler ==

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Conservative Frontline

|conservativefrontline.com

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|{{cite web |last=Sydell |first=Laura |date=23 November 2016 |title=We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515130230/https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs |archive-date=15 May 2019 |access-date=5 April 2018 |work=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR}}

Denver Guardian

|denverguardian.com

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DrudgeReport.com.co

|DrudgeReport.com.co

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|Mimics the name of the Drudge Report.

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United Media Publishing

|unitedmediapublishing.com

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usatoday.com.co

|usatoday.com.co

|Defunct

|Falsely reports celebrity appearances and filming locations in random local towns

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washingtonpost.com.co

|washingtonpost.com.co

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|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 ==

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The Grayzone

|thegrayzone.com

|Alive

|Coverage of The Grayzone has focused on its misleading reporting, its criticism of American foreign policy, and its sympathetic coverage of the Russian, Chinese and former Syrian governments. The Grayzone has been accused of downplaying and defending the persecution of Uyghurs in China, of publishing conspiracy theories about Xinjiang, Syria and other regions, and of publishing pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation, especially during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

|{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=John |date=2021-03-06 |title=Campaign to Discredit BBC Revealed as Media Conditions Inside China Continue to Deteriorate |url=https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/03/campaign-to-discredit-bbc-revealed-as-media-conditions-inside-china-continue-to-deteriorate/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=China Digital Times (CDT) |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last1=Fiorella |first1=Giancarlo |last2=Godart |first2=Charlotte |last3=Waters |first3=Nick |date=2021-03-01 |title=Digital Integrity: Exploring Digital Evidence Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Strategies for Open Source Researchers |url=https://academic.oup.com/jicj/article-abstract/19/1/147/6320889?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Journal of International Criminal Justice |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=147–161 |doi=10.1093/jicj/mqab022 |issn=1478-1387}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-04 |title=Where Torture Is Used to Feed 'Fake News' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-nicaragua-torture-is-used-to-feed-fake-news/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}

kitklarenberg.com

|kitklarenberg.com

|Defunct

|Named after a usual The Grayzone writer: Kit Klarenberg.

|{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Caitlin |date=2020-07-30 |title=Enter the Grayzone: fringe leftists deny the scale of China's Uyghur oppression |url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/grayzone-xinjiang-denialism/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Erin |title=GoFundMe freezes donations for The Grayzone, sparking free speech debate |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/9/1/gofundme-freezes-donations-for-the-grayzone-sparking-free-speech-debate |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

== Paul Horner ==

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ABCnews.com.co

|ABCnews.com.co

|Defunct

|Owned by Paul Horner. Mimics the URL, design and logo of ABC News (owned by Disney–ABC Television Group).

|{{cite news |last=Murtha |first=Jack |date=May 26, 2016 |title=How fake news sites frequently trick big-time journalists |magazine=Columbia Journalism Review |url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/how_fake_news_sites_frequently_trick_big-time_journalists.php |url-status=live |access-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120085429/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/how_fake_news_sites_frequently_trick_big-time_journalists.php |archive-date=November 20, 2016}}

{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=November 17, 2016 |title=No, someone wasn't paid $3,500 to protest Donald Trump |website=PolitiFact.com |url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/17/blog-posting/no-someone-wasnt-paid-3500-protest-donald-trump-it/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119052850/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/17/blog-posting/no-someone-wasnt-paid-3500-protest-donald-trump-it/ |archive-date=November 19, 2016}}

CBSnews.com.co

|CBSnews.com.co

|Defunct

|Mimics the URL, design and logo of CBS News.

|{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=2017-11-07 |title=Weeks after his death, most of Paul Horners fake news sites are down. So whats left? |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2017/weeks-after-his-death-most-of-paul-horner%C2%92s-fake-news-sites-are-down-so-what%C2%92s-left/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007184151/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2017/weeks-after-his-death-most-of-paul-horner%c2%92s-fake-news-sites-are-down-so-what%c2%92s-left/ |archive-date=2022-10-07 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}

christianfreedommovement.com

|christianfreedommovement.com

|Defunct

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cnn.com.de

|cnn.com.de

|Defunct

|Impostor site of CNN.

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donaldjtrump.com.co

|donaldjtrump.com.co

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|{{Cite web |date=2017-09-14 |title=Fake News King Paul Horner Launches New Website Named My Phoenix Daily |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2017/09/fake-news-king-paul-horner-launches-new-website-named-my-phoenix-daily.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225024431/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2017/09/fake-news-king-paul-horner-launches-new-website-named-my-phoenix-daily.html |archive-date=2023-12-25 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

isissingles.com

|isissingles.com

|Defunct

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iywib.com

|iywib.com

|Defunct

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keepdonaldtrump.com

|keepdonaldtrump.com

|Defunct

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makeredhatswearableagain.com

|makeredhatswearableagain.com

|Defunct

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mericaland.com

|mericaland.com

|Defunct

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microsoftsite.com

|microsoftsite.com

|Defunct

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My Phoenix Daily

|myphoenixdaily.com

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nationalgeographic.com.co

|nationalgeographic.com.co

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|Spoof of National Geographic.

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nationalreview.biz

|nationalreview.biz

|Defunct

|Spoof of National Review.

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NBC.com.co

|NBC.com.co

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|Imitates NBC.

|{{cite web |last=Gillin |first=Joshua |date=2018-04-20 |title=PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle |url=http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2017/apr/20/politifacts-guide-fake-news-websites-and-what-they/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803065242/https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2017/apr/20/politifacts-guide-fake-news-websites-and-what-they/ |archive-date=2019-08-03 |access-date=2018-06-18 |publisher=PolitiFact}}

NBCNews.com.co

|NBCNews.com.co

|Defunct

|Mimics the URL, design and logo of NBC News.

|{{cite news |author=Becky Bratu |author2=Erin Calabrese |author3=Kurt Chirbas |author4=Emmanuelle Saliba |author5=Adam Howard |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Tall Tale or Satire? Authors of So-Called 'Fake News' Feel Misjudged |publisher=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n689421 |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045245/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n689421 |archive-date=16 September 2024}}

News Examiner

|newsexaminer.net

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|Started in 2015 by Paul Horner, the lead writer of the National Report. This website has been known to mix real news along with its fake news.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=14 January 2016 |title=Snopes' Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors |url=http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628060536/https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/ |archive-date=2020-06-28 |access-date=2016-11-24 |website=snopes}}

paulhorner.org

|paulhorner.org

|Defunct

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snopes.com.co

|snopes.com.co

|Defunct

|Imposter site of Snopes.

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St George Gazette

|stgeorgegazette.com

|Defunct

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|{{cite web |last=Gillin |first=Joshua |date=2017-07-05 |title=Story about Ryan announcing Trump's resignation comes from infamous fake news writer |url=http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jul/05/stgeorgegazettecom/story-about-ryan-announcing-trumps-resignation-com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024843/http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jul/05/stgeorgegazettecom/story-about-ryan-announcing-trumps-resignation-com/ |archive-date=2018-06-20 |access-date=2018-06-19 |publisher=PolitiFact}}{{cite web |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=2017-05-16 |title=Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it's not working. |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/16/facebook-fake-news-tools-not-working |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021654/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/16/facebook-fake-news-tools-not-working |archive-date=2018-06-25 |access-date=2018-06-24 |work=The Guardian}}

superofficialnews.com

|superofficialnews.com

|Defunct

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thephoenixnewtimes.com

|thephoenixnewtimes.com

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trumptized.com

|trumptized.com

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== WTOE 5 News ==

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16WMPO

|16WMPO.com

|Defunct

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Gillin |first=Joshua |date=2017-01-06 |title=PolitiFact - No, a celebrity's car didn't break down in your hometown |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/blog-posting/celebrity-praise-helpful-locals-are-fake-stories-c/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908180451/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/blog-posting/celebrity-praise-helpful-locals-are-fake-stories-c/ |archive-date=2023-09-08 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-01-06 |title=AP FACT CHECK: Alike tales of actors' car trouble are false |url=https://apnews.com/celebrity-general-news-a664afac61b24203bf0748ba05cfc09b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126045421/https://apnews.com/celebrity-general-news-a664afac61b24203bf0748ba05cfc09b |archive-date=2024-01-26 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=AP News |language=en}}

AlexJones.xyz

|AlexJones.xyz

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig |last2=Singer-Vine |first2=Jeremy |date=2016-12-16 |title=The True Story Behind The Biggest Fake News Hit Of The Election |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-strangest-fake-news-empire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203065708/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-strangest-fake-news-empire |archive-date=2023-12-03 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

alynews.com

|alynews.com

|

|Part of a network that posted a false story that there was a sequel to the movie Step Brothers in the works in 2016. Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2016-12-30 |title=Here Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook From 2016 |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/top-fake-news-of-2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510164042/https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/top-fake-news-of-2016#.ns5WzWdomR |archive-date=2023-05-10 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=2016-03-22 |title='Step Brothers 2' Rumors Are False |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/step-brothers-2-hoax/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611004400/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/step-brothers-2-hoax/ |archive-date=2023-06-11 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

channel16news.com

|channel16news.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

channel17news.com

|channel17news.com

|

|Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Patrick |date=2016-12-24 |title=Fake news: No room in the stadium, Brad Pitt moving to Brantford, the War on Christmas and more |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3131245/fake-news-no-room-in-the-stadium-brad-pitt-moving-to-brantford-the-war-on-christmas-and-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909224947/https://globalnews.ca/news/3131245/fake-news-no-room-in-the-stadium-brad-pitt-moving-to-brantford-the-war-on-christmas-and-more/ |archive-date=2022-09-09 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}

Channel 18 News

|Channel18News.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Emery |first=David |date=2016-07-29 |title=Celebrity Summoned to Jury Duty in Your Town! |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/celebrity-summoned-to-jury-duty-in-your-town/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606142431/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/celebrity-summoned-to-jury-duty-in-your-town/ |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

clancyreport.com

|clancyreport.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

Daily News 10

|DailyNews10.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Dietrich |first=Matt |date=2017-04-13 |title=PolitiFact - Fake news alert: Vin Diesel names Rockford his favorite city |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/13/blog-posting/fake-news-alert-vin-diesel-names-rockford-his-favo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008213557/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/13/blog-posting/fake-news-alert-vin-diesel-names-rockford-his-favo/ |archive-date=2023-10-08 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}

Daily News 11

|dailynews11.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

Daily News 5

|DailyNews5.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

FoxBusiness.xyz

|FoxBusiness.xyz

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

Headline Brief

|headlinebrief.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

km8news.com

|km8news.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

KMT 11 News

|kmt11.com

|Defunct

|Falsely reports celebrity appearances and filming locations in random local towns. Before the website went down, it referred to itself as a "fantasy news website".{{cite news |date=20 June 2016 |title=No, a new 'Harry Potter' movie will not be filmed in Arizona |url=http://ktar.com/story/1124229/cruci-no-new-harry-potter-movie-will-not-be-filmed-in-arizona/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325134127/http://ktar.com/story/1124229/cruci-no-new-harry-potter-movie-will-not-be-filmed-in-arizona/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=13 December 2016 |work=KTAR.com}}{{cite news |last1=Cataldo |first1=Laurie |date=14 June 2016 |title='The Notebook 2' Not Filming in Atlantic City...or Anywhere Else |url=http://943thepoint.com/the-notebook-2-not-filming-in-atlantic-city-or-anywhere-else/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325134132/https://943thepoint.com/the-notebook-2-not-filming-in-atlantic-city-or-anywhere-else/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=13 December 2016 |publisher=WJLK}}
Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{cite news |last1=Paulson |first1=Dave |date=30 June 2016 |title=Sorry, Forrest Gump 2 NOT filming in Brentwood |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2016/06/30/sorry-forrest-gump-2-not-filming-brentwood/86544764/ |access-date=13 December 2016 |work=The Tennessean}}

knp7.com

|knp7.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

kspm33.com

|kspm33.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

KUPR7

|kupr7.com

|

|Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |last=Szaroleta |first=Tom |date=2016-04-07 |title=Clint Eastwood moving to Jacksonville? |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2016/04/07/clint-eastwood-moving-jacksonville/15706547007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125024237/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2016/04/07/clint-eastwood-moving-jacksonville/15706547007/ |archive-date=2024-01-25 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Florida Times-Union |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Barlette |first=Kristi Gustafson |date=2016-05-11 |title=Johnny Depp did *not* say Albany has beautiful women |url=https://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/2016/05/11/johnny-depp-did-not-say-albany-has-beautiful-women/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206211515/https://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/2016/05/11/johnny-depp-did-not-say-albany-has-beautiful-women/ |archive-date=2019-02-06 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Times Union |language=en-US}}

ky6news.com

|ky6news.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

KY12News.com

|KY12News.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

KYPO6

|kypo6.com

|Defunct

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

Local 31 News

|Local31News.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

localnews33.com

|localnews33.com

|

|Part of the same network as alynews.com

|

lopezreport.com

|lopezreport.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

maywoodpost.com

|maywoodpost.com

|

|Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |date=2016-11-14 |title=Adam Sandler spoof article goes viral |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/adam-sandler-spoof-article-115716/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132805/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/adam-sandler-spoof-article-gets-115716/ |archive-date=2024-01-25 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Kent Online |language=en}}

mbynews.com

|mbynews.com

|

|Part of the same network as alynews.com

|

McKenzie Post

|mckenziepost.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

NewsDaily12.com

|NewsDaily12.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

newsdaily27.com

|newsdaily27.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

News Now 11

|newsnow11.com

|

|Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|{{Cite web |date=2017-07-20 |title=This story about Leonardo DiCaprio moving to Galway is going insanely viral - but it's not true |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/leonardo-dicaprio-galway-3505305-Jul2017/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Daily Edge}}

oreillypost.com

|oreillypost.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

WBN 12 News

|wbn12.com

|

|Likely part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

wcpm3.com

|wcpm3.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

wleb21.com

|wleb21.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

WRPT 16 News

|wrpt16.com

|

|Part of the same network as WTOE 5 News.

|

WTOE 5 News

|wtoe5news.com

|Defunct

|Original source of false claim that Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump in 2016.

|{{Cite journal |last1=Allcott |first1=Hunt |last2=Gentzkow |first2=Matthew |date=2017-05-01 |title=Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=211–236 |doi=10.1257/jep.31.2.211 |issn=0895-3309 |doi-access=free}}

== Your News Wire ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="unsortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

Neon Nettle

|neonnettle.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. Stated by Snopes to be "interrelated" with NewsPunch and Your News Wire.

|{{Cite web |date=2017-07-06 |title=Misinformation Directory |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129185536/https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |archive-date=2023-11-29 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=FactCheck.org}}{{Cite web |last=Emery |first=David |date=2018-01-19 |title=Did Macaulay Culkin Say Satanic Hollywood Executives Wear Shoes Made From Dead Children? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/macauley-culkin-satanic-hollywood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604205845/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/macauley-culkin-satanic-hollywood/ |archive-date=2023-06-04 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

Newspunch

|Newspunch.com

|

|Alternative name for YourNewsWire.

|

The People's Voice
(formerly NewsPunch and Your News Wire)

|thepeoplesvoice.tv

|Active

|Founded by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway in 2014. It has published fake stories, such as "claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit." Its name was changed to NewsPunch in 2018 and The People's Voice in 2023.

|{{cite web |last=Schaedel |first=Sydney |date=2017-07-06 |title=Websites that post fake and satirical stories |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512172836/https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |archive-date=2018-05-12 |access-date=2018-06-18 |publisher=FactCheck}}{{cite news |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=September 21, 2017 |title=L.A. Alt-Media Agitator (Not Breitbart) Clashes With Google, Snopes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hollywoods-hidden-alt-media-firebrands-1041157 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924022038/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hollywoods-hidden-alt-media-firebrands-1041157 |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=September 23, 2017 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news |last=Boswell |first=Josh |date=January 29, 2017 |title=Mother churns out stories for master of fake news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/mother-churns-out-stories-for-master-of-fake-news-fcmzc05sx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718214753/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mother-churns-out-stories-for-master-of-fake-news-fcmzc05sx |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |access-date=May 23, 2017 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |quote=The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.}}{{cite web |date=February 10, 2017 |title=Don't get fooled by these fake news sites |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301084744/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/5/ |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |publisher=CBS News}}{{cite news |date=July 6, 2017 |title=Misinformation Directory |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828113630/https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/websites-post-fake-satirical-stories/ |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2018 |website=FactCheck.org |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig |last2=Lytvynenko |first2=Jane |last3=Pham |first3=Scott |date=December 28, 2017 |title=These Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook In 2017 |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/these-are-50-of-the-biggest-fake-news-hits-on-facebook-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105053901/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/these-are-50-of-the-biggest-fake-news-hits-on-facebook-in |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=July 20, 2018 |title=Fact-checkers have debunked this fake news site 80 times. It's still publishing on Facebook. |url=https://www.poynter.org/news/fact-checkers-have-debunked-fake-news-site-80-times-its-still-publishing-facebook |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210225305/https://www.poynter.org/news/fact-checkers-have-debunked-fake-news-site-80-times-its-still-publishing-facebook |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |website=Poynter Institute |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Frier |first=Sarah |date=November 4, 2018 |title=Facebook Tamped Down on Hoax Sites, But Polarization Thrives |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-04/facebook-tamped-down-on-hoax-sites-but-polarization-thrives |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132153/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-04/facebook-tamped-down-on-hoax-sites-but-polarization-thrives |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2018 |website=bloomberg.com}}

Your News Wire

|yournewswire.com

|

|Former name for The People's Voice.

|

== Others ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! width=170|Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="unsortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

ABCNews1.us

|ABCNews1.us

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |title=PolitiFact - How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/23/one-most-popular-false-news-sites-facebook-part-pa/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208111921/https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/23/one-most-popular-false-news-sites-facebook-part-pa/ |archive-date=2023-12-08 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}

African News Updates

|africannewupsdate.com

|

|Same owner as News Updates South Africa. Published a false story about election fraud during the 2016 municipal elections in South Africa, which led to the Electoral Commission of South Africa filing a criminal complaint against the site owner.

|{{Cite web |title=The former PWC staffer in charge of fake news – #exposed |url=https://exposed.news24.com/newsupdatessa-site/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004123402/https://exposed.news24.com/newsupdatessa-site/ |archive-date=2022-10-04 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2016-11-18 |title=GUIDE: How to stop falling for fake news |url=https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/guides/guide-how-stop-falling-fake-news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326223551/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/guides/guide-how-stop-falling-fake-news |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Africa Check |language=en}}

AJUAnews

|AJUAnews.com

|

|Plagiarized content from The Last Line of Defense. Reportedly owned by individual based in Pakistan.

|

ALNewsNetwork.press

|ALNewsNetwork.press

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|

America Talks

|Americatalks.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org.

|

America's Freedom Fighters

|Americasfreedomfighters.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org.

|

Banned Information

|BannedInformation.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org.

|

Dos Palos News

|dospalosnews.com

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|

FB News Cycle

|Fbnewscycle.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org. Same owner as Banned Information.

|

HealthFacts.pro

|HealthFacts.pro

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|

Hot Global News

|hotglobalnews.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2016-08-09 |title=These Two Teenagers Keep Fooling The Internet With Justin Trudeau Hoaxes |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/teen-trudeau-hoaxes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205212042/https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/teen-trudeau-hoaxes |archive-date=2023-12-05 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en-ca}}

ILoveQuilting.pro

|ILoveQuilting.pro

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|

Leading Report

|theleadingreport.com

|

|A website and Twitter account that promotes misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and United States politics.

|{{Cite web |last=Teoh |first=Flora |date=31 October 2023 |title=Who's Behind The (Mis)Leading Report? |url=https://science.feedback.org/who-is-behind-the-misleading-leading-report/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Mansur |date=2024-06-28 |title=CNN denies rumors of delay in TV broadcast of presidential debate |url=https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/cnn-debate-delay-biden-trump-561568 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628045051/https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/cnn-debate-delay-biden-trump-561568 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=The Mirror US |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Merlan |first=Anna |date=September 17, 2024 |title=How the debate whistleblower car crash conspiracy went viral |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/presidential-debate-abc-whistleblower-car-crash/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918020250/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/presidential-debate-abc-whistleblower-car-crash/ |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}

National News Bulletin

|nationalnewsbulletin.com

|

|Same Google Analytics ID as News Updates South Africa.

|

The Intel Drop

|www.theinteldrop.org

|Active

|Common Russian disinformation website.

|{{Cite web |last=Zadrozny |first=Brandy |title=The disinformation pipeline: How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-06-05 |title=Disinformation campaign uses fake footage to claim attack on USS Eisenhower - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yemen-houthi-attack-disinformation-uss-eisenhower/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Ukraine allegedly sells Western weapons and human organs to Italian mafia structures |url=https://disinfo.detector.media/en/post/ukraine-allegedly-sells-western-weapons-and-human-organs-to-italian-mafia-structures |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=disinfo.detector.media |language=en}}

The National Sun

|thenationalsun.com

|

|Same owners as Hot Global News.

|{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2016-08-12 |title=A Bunch Of Conservative Sites Fell For A Hoax Claiming Obama Will Move To Canada If Trump Wins |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/obama-moving-to-canada-hoax |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624161814/https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/obama-moving-to-canada-hoax |archive-date=2023-06-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en-ca}}

net-breaking.com

|net-breaking.com

|

|Affiliated with Leading Report.

|

News@Last

|newsatlast.com

|

|Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. Same owner as News Updates South Africa.

|

News Updates South Africa

|newsupdatessa.site

|

|Per Africa Check and News24.

|{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=Fake quote has South Africa's agriculture minister blaming white people for cold weather |url=https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/fake-quote-has-south-africas-agriculture-minister-blaming |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130020443/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/fake-quote-has-south-africas-agriculture-minister-blaming |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Africa Check |language=en}}

Ohio Press Pro

|ohiopress.pro

|

|Same owner as AJUAnews.

|

thepedogate.com

|thepedogate.com

|

|Part of same network as America Talks. Spread the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory.

|

Right Wing Tribune

|Rightwingtribune.com

|

|Per FactCheck.org. Same owners as America's Freedom Fighters.

|

= 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:

  1. Sites that are satirical in nature
  2. Sites that attempt to subvert serious fact-checking sites
  3. Sites that re-appropriate the term "fact-check" for partisan political causes
  4. 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}}

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!Domain

!Status

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! class="unsortable" |Sources

AosFatos.com

|AosFatos.com

|

|Spoof of Brazilian fact-checking organization Aos Fatos.

|{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=2019-02-15 |title=This website impersonated a fact-checking outlet to publish fake news stories |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2019/this-website-impersonated-a-fact-checking-outlet-to-publish-fake-news-stories/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107014051/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2019/this-website-impersonated-a-fact-checking-outlet-to-publish-fake-news-stories/ |archive-date=2023-01-07 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}

Business2Community

|business2community.com

|

|Plagiarized fact-checks from Lead Stories.

|{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2018-06-14 |title=A Marketing Site Deleted Over 7,000 Articles After It Was Caught Stealing Fact-Checks And Plagiarizing |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/this-prolific-fact-checker-is-a-plagiarist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224200604/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/this-prolific-fact-checker-is-a-plagiarist#.aiwKDK89aZ |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

The California Republican

|carepublican.com

|

|Run by Devin Nunes' political campaign.

|

Descobrindo As Verdades

|descobrindoasverdades.blogspot.com

|

|Has the same Google AdSense and Google Analytics codes as AosFatos.com.

|

Duboka Voda

|dubokavoda.com

|

|Partisan false fact-checking site in Croatia, per the Poynter Institute.

|

Fact Check Armenia

|factcheckarmenia.com

|

|A website with ties to Turkish government-related organizations that denies the historical facts of the Armenian genocide.

|{{Cite web |last=Sözeri |first=Efe Kerem |date=2017-05-31 |title=These fake 'fact-checkers' are peddling lies about genocide and censorship in Turkey |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2017/these-fake-fact-checkers-are-peddling-lies-about-genocide-and-censorship-in-turkey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083053/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2017/these-fake-fact-checkers-are-peddling-lies-about-genocide-and-censorship-in-turkey/ |archive-date=2023-04-17 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Poynter Institute |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last=Moshirnia |first=Andrew |date=2020 |title=Who Will Check the Checkers? False Factcheckers and Memetic Misinformation |url=https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2020/iss4/5/ |journal=Utah Law Review |volume=2020 |issue=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919064244/https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2020/iss4/5/ |archive-date=2020-09-19}}

Fact-Checking Turkey

|factcheckingturkey.com

|

|Operated by PR company Bosphorus Global and counters criticism of Turkey in foreign media. It treats statements by Turkish government officials as arbiters of the truth.

|{{Cite web |date=2018-12-21 |title=Fact-checkers seek out grain of truth in Turkey's fake-news onslaught |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-fact-checkers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201100719/https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-fact-checkers/ |archive-date=2020-12-01 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Politico |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jasper |date=2017-02-15 |title=Fact-checkers are weapons in the post-truth wars, but they're not all on one side |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/15/fact-checkers-are-weapons-in-the-post-truth-wars-but-theyre-not-all-on-one-side |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201191934/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/15/fact-checkers-are-weapons-in-the-post-truth-wars-but-theyre-not-all-on-one-side |archive-date=2022-02-01 |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Faktiskt.eu

|Faktiskt.eu

|

|Spoof of Swedish fact-checking organization Faktiskt.

|{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=2018-07-27 |title=When fact-checkers are the subjects of misinformation |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/when-fact-checkers-are-the-subjects-of-misinformation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230050659/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/when-fact-checkers-are-the-subjects-of-misinformation/ |archive-date=2022-12-30 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}

India News Network

|indianewsnetwork.com

|Active

|Same owner as India Vs Disinformation.

|

India Vs Disinformation

|indiavsdisinformation.com

|

|Owned by "a Canadian communications firm called Press Monitor"{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Max |date=2021-07-25 |title=Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102162700/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html |archive-date=2023-11-02}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-05-27 |title=Bogus fact-checking site amplified by dozens of Indian embassies on social media |url=https://medium.com/dfrlab/bogus-fact-checking-site-amplified-by-dozens-of-indian-embassies-on-social-media-7b4b31004699 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331205407/http://medium.com/dfrlab/bogus-fact-checking-site-amplified-by-dozens-of-indian-embassies-on-social-media-7b4b31004699 |archive-date=2023-03-31 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Digital Forensic Research Lab |language=en}}

Jigyasa Online

|jigyasaonline.org

|

|Same owner as India Vs Disinformation.

|

Middle East Guardians

|meguardians.com

|

|Published false fact-check about Jamal Khashoggi.

|{{Cite web |last=Daro |first=Ishmael N. |date=2018-10-12 |title=Saudi Media Are Promoting A Ludicrous "Fake Fiancé" Conspiracy Theory About Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ishmaeldaro/saudi-media-jamal-khashoggi-conspiracy-theories |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025223353/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ishmaeldaro/saudi-media-jamal-khashoggi-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

Notícias Brasil Online

|noticiasbrasilonline.com.br

|

|Has the same Google AdSense and Google Analytics codes as AosFatos.com.

|

O Detetive

|odetetive.com

|

|Has the same Google AdSense and Google Analytics codes as AosFatos.com. The website owner was summoned by a regional court in Brazil for publishing a false story about the 2018 attack on Jair Bolsonaro.

|{{Cite web |date=2018-09-12 |title=Mural Eletrônico |url=https://mural.tre-rs.jus.br/publicacoes/2375 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713084214/https://mural.tre-rs.jus.br/publicacoes/2375 |archive-date=2020-07-13 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Superior Electoral Court}}

{{anchor|OpIndia}}OpIndia

|opindia.com

|Active

|OpIndia is an Indian website that has been rejected by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Fact checkers certified by the IFCN have identified 25 fake news stories published by OpIndia between January 2018 and June 2020.

|{{Cite web |date=2019-03-10 |title=IFCN Code of Principles |url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/opindiacom/EED18C9F-C8B2-258A-BB43-7E90FA57C26C |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310013235/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/opindiacom/EED18C9F-C8B2-258A-BB43-7E90FA57C26C |archive-date=2019-03-10 |access-date=2020-03-12}}{{cite web |last1=Tiwari |first1=Ayush |date=18 July 2020 |title=OpIndia: Hate speech, vanishing advertisers, and an undisclosed BJP connection |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/23/opindia-hate-speech-vanishing-advertisers-and-an-undisclosed-bjp-connection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217205447/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/23/opindia-hate-speech-vanishing-advertisers-and-an-undisclosed-bjp-connection |archive-date=17 December 2021 |access-date=27 June 2020 |website=Newslaundry}}

Pensa Brasil

|pensabrasil.com

|

|Has the same Google AdSense and Google Analytics codes as AosFatos.com.

|

Plantão Brasil

|plantaobrasil.net

|

|Has the same Google AdSense and Google Analytics codes as AosFatos.com.

|

Shayeaat

|shayeaat.ir

|

|Partisan false fact-checking site in Iran, per the Poynter Institute.

|

Vøx

|voxnews.info

|

|Partisan false fact-checking site in Italy, per the Poynter Institute. Not to be confused with Vox, the American news site.

|

War on Fakes

|waronfakes.com

|Defunct

|A Russian website that promotes Russian propaganda and disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Seized by the United States federal government in 2024.

|{{Cite web |last=Baig |first=Rachel |date=2022-03-09 |title=How one 'fact-checking' site spreads Russian propaganda |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-how-a-fact-checking-website-is-spreading-russian-propaganda/a-61062940 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113122545/https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-how-a-fact-checking-website-is-spreading-russian-propaganda/a-61062940 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Luiz |date=2022-08-08 |title=PolitiFact - How 'War on Fakes' uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/aug/08/how-war-fakes-uses-fact-checking-spread-pro-russia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610035826/https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/aug/08/how-war-fakes-uses-fact-checking-spread-pro-russia/ |archive-date=2023-06-10 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-06 |title=U.S. Seizes Websites NewsGuard Rated as Russian Disinformation |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/us-seizes-websites-newsguard-rated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907120320/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/us-seizes-websites-newsguard-rated |archive-date=2024-09-07 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907010027/https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl |archive-date=2024-09-07 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=United States Department of Justice}}

= 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}}

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247bbcnews.com

|247bbcnews.com

|

|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

|{{Cite web |last=Luu |first=Khanh |date=2025-01-15 |title=The Rise of AI-Generated Slop Sites: What Advertisers Need to Know |url=https://doubleverify.com/the-rise-of-ai-generated-slop-sites-what-advertisers-need-to-know/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117163511/https://doubleverify.com/the-rise-of-ai-generated-slop-sites-what-advertisers-need-to-know/ |archive-date=2025-01-17 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=DoubleVerify |language=en-US}}

AlaskaCommons.com

|AlaskaCommons.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |title=Funding the Next Generation of Content Farms - Misinformation Monitor: June 2023 |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/june-2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206055052/https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/june-2023/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

The Americans Daily

|theamericansdaily.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-07-26 |title="Biden is Dead" Hoax Lives On |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/biden-is-dead-hoax-lives-on |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240802120952/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/biden-is-dead-hoax-lives-on |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}

BBCSportss

|BBCSportss.co.uk

|

|Imitates BBC Sports. Accused of plagiarism from Sports Illustrated.

|{{Cite magazine |last=Knibbs |first=Kate |title=That Sports News Story You Clicked on Could Be AI Slop |url=https://www.wired.com/story/ai-slop-sports-news-sites/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116062942/https://www.wired.com/story/ai-slop-sports-news-sites/ |archive-date=2025-01-16 |access-date=2025-01-20 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}

BestBudgetUSA.com

|BestBudgetUSA.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |date=2023-05-01 |title=Rise of the Newsbots: AI-Generated News Websites Proliferating Online |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/newsbots-ai-generated-news-websites-proliferating |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207133037/https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/newsbots-ai-generated-news-websites-proliferating/ |archive-date=2023-12-07 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

Biz Breaking News

|bizbreakingnews.com

|

|Summarizes The Financial Times and Fortune.

|{{Cite news |date=2023-05-01 |title=AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create Dozens of News Content Farms |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-01/ai-chatbots-have-been-used-to-create-dozens-of-news-content-farms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230501043649/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-01/ai-chatbots-have-been-used-to-create-dozens-of-news-content-farms?leadSource=uverify%20wall |archive-date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}

rowspan="4" |BNN Breaking

|bnnbreaking.com

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|{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: NewsGuard Uncovers Network of Italian-Language Unreliable AI Generated Sites |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/exclusive-newsguard-uncovers-network-of-italian-language-unreliable-ai-generated-sites |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013173221/https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/exclusive-newsguard-uncovers-network-of-italian-language-unreliable-ai-generated-sites/ |archive-date=2023-10-13 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

bosase.com

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Buckeye State Press

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|Created by a journalist to demonstrate the ease of building generative AI-based political news sites.

|{{Cite news |last=Brewster |first=Jack |date=2024-04-12 |title=How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105 |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-i-built-an-ai-powered-self-running-propaganda-machine-for-105-e9888705 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240414095216/https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-i-built-an-ai-powered-self-running-propaganda-machine-for-105-e9888705 |archive-date=2024-04-14 |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}

cbsnews2.com

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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cbsnewz.com

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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Celeb Jihad

|celebjihad.com

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|Described by the Daily Beast as a "satirical celebrity gossip website",{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=2017-08-24 |title=Inside the Fake-Islamic Site Posting Hacked Nude Photos of A-List Celebrities |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/celebrity-nude-photo-hack-mysterious-poster-of-stolen-a-list-images-speaks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205173145/https://www.thedailybeast.com/celebrity-nude-photo-hack-mysterious-poster-of-stolen-a-list-images-speaks |archive-date=2024-02-05 |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}} the site has spread real and fake nude images of celebrities using Photoshop and Generative AI.

|{{Cite journal |last=Husain |first=Taneem |date=2018 |title=Can Islam Be Satirized? Celeb Jihad's "Explosive Celebrity Gossip" and the Divide between Islam and Mainstream American Culture |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/120/article/697037 |journal=American Studies |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=69–82 |doi=10.1353/ams.2018.0003 |issn=2153-6856 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331060119/https://journals.ku.edu/amsj/article/view/7590/6932 |archive-date=2022-03-31}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=2024-01-27 |title=The violation of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-ai-pornography-deepfake-photos-twitter-x-1864445 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406232621/https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-ai-pornography-deepfake-photos-twitter-x-1864445 |archive-date=2024-04-06 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Martha |date=2018-03-16 |title=Meghan Markle, the latest female celebrity to deal with real or fake nude photos posted online |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/16/meghan-markle-the-latest-female-celebrity-to-deal-with-real-or-fake-nude-photos-posted-online/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724011033/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/16/meghan-markle-the-latest-female-celebrity-to-deal-with-real-or-fake-nude-photos-posted-online/ |archive-date=2022-07-24 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}

celebritiesdeaths.com

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|{{Cite news |last=Cantor |first=Matthew |date=2023-05-08 |title=Nearly 50 news websites are 'AI-generated', a study says. Would I be able to tell? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/ai-generated-news-websites-study |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211115804/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/ai-generated-news-websites-study |archive-date=2023-12-11 |issn=0261-3077}}

County Local News

|CountyLocalNews.com

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|Promotes rogue security software.

|{{Cite web |date=2024-07-01 |title=ChatGPT-4o Is Sending Users to a Scammy Website That Floods Your Screen With Fake Virus Warnings |url=https://futurism.com/chatgpt-fake-virus-warnings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701162535/https://futurism.com/chatgpt-fake-virus-warnings |archive-date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Futurism}}

Daily Business Post

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DailyHeadliner.com

|DailyHeadliner.com

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|{{Cite web |title=Plagiarism-Bot? How Low-Quality Websites Are Using AI to Deceptively Rewrite Content from Mainstream News Outlets - Misinformation Monitor: August 2023 |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/august-2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826120750/https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/august-2023/ |archive-date=2023-08-26 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

Daily Time Update

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Digital Information World

|digitalinformationworld.com

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|Accused of plagiarism from 404 Media.

|{{Cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |last2=Cole |first2=Samantha |last3=Maiberg |first3=Emanuel |last4=Cox |first4=Joseph |date=2024-01-26 |title=We Need Your Email Address |url=https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202213628/https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/ |archive-date=2024-12-02 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=404 Media |language=en}}

espn24.co.uk

|espn24.co.uk

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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Esspots

|esspots.com

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|Part of the same network as SpaceXMania.

|{{Cite web |last=Abels |first=Grace |date=2024-06-14 |title=No, Steelers coach did not call Pride Month 'woke crap.' |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/14/facebook-posts/no-steelers-coach-did-not-call-pride-month-woke-cr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614225156/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/14/facebook-posts/no-steelers-coach-did-not-call-pride-month-woke-cr/ |archive-date=2024-06-14 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-17 |title='Satire' websites exploiting California wildfires generate wave of fake celebrity news |url=https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/satire-websites-exploiting-california-wildfires-generate-wave-of-fake-celebrity-news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117161240/https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/satire-websites-exploiting-california-wildfires-generate-wave-of-fake-celebrity-news/ |archive-date=2025-01-17 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Australian Associated Press |language=en}}

Famadillo.com

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FilthyLucre.com

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FoodingWorld.com

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foxnigeria.com.ng

|foxnigeria.com.ng

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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Getintoknowledge.com

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globalvillagespace.com

|globalvillagespace.com

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GlobeEcho.com

|GlobeEcho.com

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|{{Cite web |last= |title=Pink Slime Network Infects 49 States with Fake COVID-19 Death Claims |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fake-local-news-network-infects-49 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607161909/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fake-local-news-network-infects-49 |archive-date=2024-06-07 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}

HistoryFact.in

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IheartDogs.com

|IheartDogs.com

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|{{Cite web |last=NewsGuard |title=Google News Promotes AI-Generated "News" |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/google-news-promotes-ai-generated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624163316/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/google-news-promotes-ai-generated |archive-date=2024-06-24 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}

InternationalNewsandViews.com

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Ireland Top News

|irelandtopnews.com

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|{{Cite web |title=NewsGuard Now Identifies 125 News and Information Websites Generated by AI, Develops Framework for Defining 'Unreliable AI-Generated News' and Information Sources |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguard-now-identifies-125-news-and-information-websites-generated-by-ai-develops-framework-for-defining-unreliable-ai-generated-news-and-information-sources/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028034357/https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguard-now-identifies-125-news-and-information-websites-generated-by-ai-develops-framework-for-defining-unreliable-ai-generated-news-and-information-sources/ |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

L'Observatoire de l'Europe

|observatoiredeleurope.com

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|Accused of automatically plagiarizing stories from Euronews.

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-25 |title=NewsGuard's Reality Check |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/pink-slime-time-election-year-launches |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408035415/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/pink-slime-time-election-year-launches |archive-date=2024-04-08 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Newsguard |language=en}}

Lawyer Legality

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LiverPoolDigest.co.uk

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Lunumi.com

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Medical Outline

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Michigan Sports Zone

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Nation World News

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|Accused of plagiarism from 404 Media.

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NBCSport.co.uk

|NBCSport.co.uk

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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NBC Sportz

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|Part of the same network as BBCSportss.

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NewsGPT

|newsgpt.ai

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|Accused by Annie Lab of "factual errors, misleading images, and possible plagiarism" from Reuters, CBS News, and CNN.{{Cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Berry |last2=Xiaoyu |first2=Li |last3=Clarke |first3=Jamie |date=2023-06-14 |title=Analysis: NewsGPT publishes an array of AI-generated falsehood |url=https://annielab.org/2023/06/14/analysis-newsgpt-publishes-an-array-of-ai-generated-falsehood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901175958/https://annielab.org/2023/06/14/analysis-newsgpt-publishes-an-array-of-ai-generated-falsehood/ |archive-date=2024-09-01 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Annie Lab |language=en-US}}

|{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Maggie |date=2023-03-03 |title=News Site Launches That's Completely Generated by AI |url=https://futurism.com/news-site-completely-generated-ai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330075655/https://futurism.com/news-site-completely-generated-ai |archive-date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Futurism}}

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News Today

|sagenews.site

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|Part of the same network as SpaceXMania.

|{{Cite web |last=Cercone |first=Jeff |date=2024-06-10 |title=Chiefs have issued no statements about Pride Month |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/10/facebook-posts/kansas-city-chiefs-didnt-issue-statement-about-not/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613070602/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/10/facebook-posts/kansas-city-chiefs-didnt-issue-statement-about-not/ |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}

News You Can't Use

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|{{Cite web |last=Fong |first=Joss |date=2020-03-04 |title=The era of fake writing is upon us |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/4/21163743/ai-language-generation-fake-text-gpt2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304195452/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/4/21163743/ai-language-generation-fake-text-gpt2 |archive-date=2020-03-04 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Vox |language=en}}

NewYorkFolk.com

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NoticiasDeEmprego.com.br

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NotRealNews.net

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|{{Cite web |last=Robitzski |first=Dan |date=2020-02-13 |title=This site uses AI to generate fake news articles |url=https://futurism.com/site-ai-generate-fake-news-articles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606025937/https://futurism.com/site-ai-generate-fake-news-articles |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Futurism}}

Roadan.com

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SpaceXMania

|spacexmania.com

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|Accused by Christopher Blair, the owner of The Last Line of Defense, of plagiarizing its stories via a generative AI model. The New York Times also found that many stories from SpaceXMania were produced by generative AI. The Australian Associated Press found that the site team used ChatGPT for writing content. Accused by academics of deceptively labeling clickbait content as satire.

|{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Stuart A. |date=2024-06-13 |title=Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/technology/facebook-fake-news-culture-wars.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618010356/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/technology/facebook-fake-news-culture-wars.html |archive-date=2024-06-18 |access-date=2024-06-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Saranac Hale |date=2023-12-15 |title=Fake Story About Trans Athlete Spreads Online |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2023/12/fake-story-about-trans-athlete-spreads-online/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070935/https://www.factcheck.org/2023/12/fake-story-about-trans-athlete-spreads-online/ |archive-date=2024-02-23 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=FactCheck.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Liles |first=Jordan |date=2023-12-01 |title=Did Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk Announce a New Media Empire Collaboration in November 2023? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/carlson-musk-media-collaboration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228182602/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carlson-musk-media-collaboration/ |archive-date=2024-02-28 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Fact Check: Taylor Swift has not been banned from attending NFL games |url=https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/taylor-swift-has-not-been-banned-attending-nfl-games-2024-06-13/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240619005622/https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/taylor-swift-has-not-been-banned-attending-nfl-games-2024-06-13/ |archive-date=2024-06-19 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Fact Check: Kansas City Chiefs Did NOT 'Refuse To Participate In Pride Month' -- It's A Satirical Article |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-kansas-city-chiefs-did-not-refuse-to-participate-in-pride-month-its-a-satirical-article.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613150523/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-kansas-city-chiefs-did-not-refuse-to-participate-in-pride-month-its-a-satirical-article.html |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hudnall |first=Hannah |date=2023-03-10 |title=Fact check: Claim of Twitter ban for Greta Thunberg is satire |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/10/fact-check-claim-twitter-ban-greta-thunberg-satire/11438652002/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411180653/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/10/fact-check-claim-twitter-ban-greta-thunberg-satire/11438652002/ |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week |url=https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-misinformation-transgender-swimmer-zelenskyy-arlington-explosion-48dda946b274d3a9240f74c8c4fa3191 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511150642/https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-misinformation-transgender-swimmer-zelenskyy-arlington-explosion-48dda946b274d3a9240f74c8c4fa3191 |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Scoop Earth

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setolu.com

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Time.news

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TnewsNetwork.com

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TopGolf.kr

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topnews67.com

|topnews67.com

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|Accused of plagiarizing story from The Last Line of Defense, possibly via ChatGPT.

|{{Cite web |date=2023-05-09 |title=Plag-AI-rism: How Lead Stories Used ChatGPT To Find A False Story about Tucker Carlson ... That Was 'Plagiarised' With ChatGPT |url=https://leadstories.com/analysis/2023/05/using-chatgpt-to-find-false-story-plagiarized-with-chatgpt.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127145117/https://leadstories.com/analysis/2023/05/using-chatgpt-to-find-false-story-plagiarized-with-chatgpt.html |archive-date=2023-11-27 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

TopStories.com.ng

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Trend Cast News

|web02.cuinsight.com

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|Published Steve Harvey death hoax.

|{{Cite web |last=Burch |first=Sean |date=2024-12-18 |title=Steve Harvey Death Rumor Sparked by Bogus AI Story |url=https://www.thewrap.com/steve-harvey-fake-death-rumor-ai/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226133346/https://www.thewrap.com/steve-harvey-fake-death-rumor-ai/ |archive-date=2024-12-26 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-18 |title=Article suggesting Steve Harvey died is from apparent AI-generated content site |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/entertainment-news/steve-harvey-passed-away-article-from-apparent-ai-generated-content-site/85-698797f9-f6c8-43d2-8498-a305604f5a80 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250128160616/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/entertainment-news/steve-harvey-passed-away-article-from-apparent-ai-generated-content-site/85-698797f9-f6c8-43d2-8498-a305604f5a80 |archive-date=2025-01-28 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=11Alive.com |language=en-US}}

TrendFool.com

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US Newsper

|usnewsper.com

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|Registered in Lithuania, falsely claims to be a news site for the United States. Spread false claim that Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election was a hoax. Accused by NewsGuard of having a network of bots to share its stories on social media.

|{{Cite web |last=NewsGuard |date=2024-08-05 |title=USNewsper.com is not American or News; It's Lithuanian AI! |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/usnewspercom-is-not-american-or-news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805143243/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/usnewspercom-is-not-american-or-news |archive-date=2024-08-05 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}

vatolu.com

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Walli.us

|Walli.us

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WaveFunction.info

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WestObserver.com

|WestObserver.com

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|Imitates CNN.

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WhatsNew2Day.com

|WhatsNew2Day.com

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World-Today-News.com

|World-Today-News.com

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World Nation News

|worldnationnews.com

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|Accused of plagiarism from 404 Media.

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Worldtimetodays.com

|worldtimetodays.com

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|Accused of plagiarizing stories from Distractify and Heavy.com.

|{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2024-01-18 |title=Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles |url=https://www.404media.co/google-news-is-boosting-garbage-ai-generated-articles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411142231/https://www.404media.co/google-news-is-boosting-garbage-ai-generated-articles/ |archive-date=2024-04-11 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=404 Media |language=en}}

= 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.

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banned.video

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|Sister site of InfoWars. Warned by the US Food and Drug Administration for spreading misinformation on COVID-19 for "claims on videos posted on your websites that establish the intended use of your products and misleadingly represent them as safe and/or effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19."

|{{cite letter|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/warning-letters/covid-19-letter_to_freespeechsystems.pdf|recipient=Alexander E. Jones|subject=RE: Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|date=April 9, 2020|author=Food and Drug Administration|access-date=February 26, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Curet |first=Monique |title=PolitiFact - A video that originated on InfoWars is filled with falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/17/tiktok-posts/video-originated-infowars-filled-falsehoods-about-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825102159/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/17/tiktok-posts/video-originated-infowars-filled-falsehoods-about-/ |archive-date=2023-08-25 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-04-21 |title=Infowars, resurrected: how the conspiracy site evaded a cross-platform ban |url=https://medium.com/dfrlab/infowars-resurrected-how-the-conspiracy-site-evaded-a-cross-platform-ban-f19f971f69a2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714125224/https://medium.com/dfrlab/infowars-resurrected-how-the-conspiracy-site-evaded-a-cross-platform-ban-f19f971f69a2 |archive-date=2022-07-14 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Digital Forensic Research Lab |language=en}}

Bare Naked Islam

|barenakedislam.com

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|{{Cite web |last=Palma |first=Bethania |date=2016-08-25 |title=Were Tennessee Schoolchildren Forced to Bow Down to Allah? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tennessee-schoolchildren-islam/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202180546/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tennessee-schoolchildren-islam/ |archive-date=2021-12-02 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Active Anti-Muslim Groups |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/active-anti-muslim-groups |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122071659/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/active-anti-muslim-groups |archive-date=2023-11-22 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=3 March 2015 |language=en}}

Brighteon

|Brighteon.com

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|Sister site of Natural News.

|{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Troll farms from North Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n1218376 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045421/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n1218376 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

The Daily Stormer

|DailyStormer.com

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|Per PolitiFact.

|{{Cite web |title=2015 Active White Nationalist Groups |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/2015-active-white-nationalist-groups |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328031923/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/2015-active-white-nationalist-groups |archive-date=2023-03-28 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=3 March 2015 |language=en}}

Geller Report

|Gellerreport.com

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|Registered through Pamela Geller's organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative.

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HoggWatch

|hoggwatch.com

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|Setup by Natural News founders to publish attacks against Parkland high school shooting survivors.

|{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2018 |title=Fringe websites double down on attacking Parkland teens |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n862191 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045732/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n862191 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2018-04-16 |title='Natural News' Creator's Newest Site Focuses Entirely on Teenaged Mass Shooting Survivor |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/16/natural-news-creator-site-parkland-survivor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314183850/https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/16/natural-news-creator-site-parkland-survivor/ |archive-date=2023-03-14 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

InfoWars

|infowars.com

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|Managed by Alex Jones. Has claimed that millions of people have voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, that the Boston Marathon bombing was a false flag attack, and that the Democratic Party was hosting a child sex slave ring out of a pizza restaurant.

|{{cite web |last=Mak |first=Tim |date=4 December 2016 |title='Pizzagate' Gunman Liked Alex Jones |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/04/fake-news-delivers-real-gunman-to-pizzeria-caught-up-in-alt-right-fake-news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211223215/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/04/fake-news-delivers-real-gunman-to-pizzeria-caught-up-in-alt-right-fake-news.html |archive-date=11 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |work=thedailybeast.com}}{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Andrew |date=9 December 2016 |title=Alex Jones, Infowars founder, appeals to Trump for aid over fears of 'fake news' crackdown |work=The Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/9/alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-appeals-trump-aid-o/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209224504/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/9/alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-appeals-trump-aid-o/ |archive-date=9 December 2016}}{{cite web |title=Radio Conspiracy Theorist Claims Ear Of Trump, Pushes 'Pizzagate' Fictions |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/06/504590375/radio-conspiracy-theorist-claims-ear-of-trump-pushes-pizzagate-fictions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211164147/http://www.npr.org/2016/12/06/504590375/radio-conspiracy-theorist-claims-ear-of-trump-pushes-pizzagate-fictions |archive-date=11 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR}}{{cite magazine |last=Tracy |first=Abigail |date=6 December 2016 |title=The InfoWars Presidency Arrives in Washington |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/mike-flynn-conspiracy-theories |url-status=live |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209163115/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/mike-flynn-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=9 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016}}{{cite web |last=Finnegan |first=William |author-link=William Finnegan |date=22 November 2016 |title=Why Won't Donald Trump Denounce Sandy Hook Deniers? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-wont-donald-trump-denounce-sandy-hook-deniers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124081417/http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-wont-donald-trump-denounce-sandy-hook-deniers |archive-date=24 November 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |work=newyorker.com}}{{cite web |last=Page |first=Clarence |date=6 December 2016 |title=Does the First Amendment protect fake news? |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-pizzagate-fake-news-first-amendment-perspec-1207-20161206-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212023032/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-pizzagate-fake-news-first-amendment-perspec-1207-20161206-story.html |archive-date=12 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |work=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite journal |last=Hinckley |first=Story |date=15 December 2016 |title=Why fake news holds such allure |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1215/Why-fake-news-holds-such-allure |url-status=live |journal=Christian Science Monitor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111010102/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1215/Why-fake-news-holds-such-allure |archive-date=11 January 2017 |access-date=10 January 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Goldman |first=Adam |date=2016-12-07 |title=The Comet Ping Pong Gunman Answers Our Reporter's Questions |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/edgar-welch-comet-pizza-fake-news.html |url-status=live |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213214547/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/edgar-welch-comet-pizza-fake-news.html |archive-date=2016-12-13 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |last1=Mahani |first1=Doha |title=InfoWars' Alex Jones claims a 'psychosis' caused him to question Sandy Hook massacre |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n989091 |url-status=live |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=16 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045916/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n989091 |archive-date=16 September 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Laura Hazard |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/ |access-date=2021-10-20 |website=Nieman Lab |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030040313/https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=The Year in Hate and Extremism 2020 |url=https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/yih_2020-21_final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208103718/https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/yih_2020-21_final.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-08 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center}}

National File

|nationalfile.com

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|Sister site of InfoWars. It has promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccines.
Leaked texts from Alex Jones's phone indicated that he started National File to promote InfoWars content while obscuring its origin to evade an InfoWars ban on Facebook.

|{{refn|{{Cite web|last=Kornbluh|first=Jacob|author-link=Jacob Kornbluh|date=October 1, 2021|title=4 GOP candidates in key House races invoke the Holocaust against mask and vaccine mandates|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/476208/several-gop-candidates-in-key-house-races-equate-covid-19-measures-vaccine/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=The Forward|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160735/https://forward.com/fast-forward/476208/several-gop-candidates-in-key-house-races-equate-covid-19-measures-vaccine/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=May 12, 2021|title=Fact Check-No evidence that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine causes Alzheimer's disease|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2MZ382/|access-date=October 25, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025161001/https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-no-evidence-that-pfizers-covi-idUSL1N2MZ382|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Czopek|first=Madison|date=February 5, 2021|title=No, the CDC isn't inflating coronavirus statistics|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/blog-posting/no-cdc-isnt-inflating-coronavirus-statistics/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160432/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/blog-posting/no-cdc-isnt-inflating-coronavirus-statistics/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=29 April 2021 |first=Iria |last=Carballo-Carbajal |title=Flawed speculative study incorrectly claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause neurodegenerative diseases |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/flawed-speculative-study-incorrectly-claims-that-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-cause-neurodegenerative-diseases/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US |archive-date=16 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916022511/https://science.feedback.org/review/flawed-speculative-study-incorrectly-claims-that-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-cause-neurodegenerative-diseases/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=MacGuill |first=Dan |date=2021-08-20 |title=No, Australian Officials Did Not Say They Would 'Seize' and Forcibly Vaccinate 24K Kids |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-forced-vaccination-stadium/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Snopes |language=en |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628214907/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-forced-vaccination-stadium/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Sadeghi|first=McKenzie|date=September 8, 2021|title=Fact check: Pfizer is testing a drug to treat COVID-19 infections. It's not tied to vaccinations|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/08/fact-check-pfizer-covid-19-pills-treatment-not-tied-vaccine/5698007001/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160517/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/08/fact-check-pfizer-covid-19-pills-treatment-not-tied-vaccine/5698007001/|url-status=live}}}}{{Cite web |last1=Squire |first1=Megan |last2=Hayden |first2=Michael Edison |date=March 8, 2023 |title='Absolutely Bonkers': Inside Infowars' Money Machine |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/08/absolutely-bonkers-inside-infowars-money-machine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327030127/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/08/absolutely-bonkers-inside-infowars-money-machine |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |quote=Jones' text messages suggest Jones and his collaborators sought to launder his Infowars content to social media sites that had banned it, while disguising its true origin. For example, the texts reveal that Jones created the junk-news website National File.}}{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Kyle |date=2023-03-17 |title=Alex Jones' Alleged Secret Site Gets Around Social Media Bans |url=https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-infowars-national-file-facebook-twitter-1850238082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202344/https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-infowars-national-file-facebook-twitter-1850238082 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Gizmodo |language=en |quote=In leaked texts shared earlier this month by the Southern Poverty Law Center between him and well-known Republican operative Roger Stone in 2020, Jones said "off record this is my site" in relation to National File.}}

Natural News

|naturalnews.com

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|Formerly NewsTarget, a website for the sale of various dietary supplements, promotion of alternative medicine, controversial nutrition and health claims, and various conspiracy theories, such as "chemtrails", chemophobic claims (including the purported dangers of fluoride in drinking water, anti-perspirants, laundry detergent, monosodium glutamate, aspartame), and purported health problems caused by allegedly "toxic" ingredients in vaccines, including the now-discredited link to autism.

|{{cite web |last=Novella |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Novella |date=2010-12-14 |title=H1N1 Vaccine and Miscarriages – More Fear Mongering |url=http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/h1n1-vaccine-and-miscarriages-more-fear-mongering/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223031133/http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/h1n1-vaccine-and-miscarriages-more-fear-mongering/ |archive-date=2016-12-23 |access-date=2016-11-26 |work=Neurologica |publisher=New England Skeptical Society |type=blog}}{{cite news |last=Pearce |first=Matt |date=2013-02-07 |title=Conspiracy theorists harassing, impersonating Aurora victims |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-aurora-victims-conspiracy-20130207,0,5313001.story |url-status=live |access-date=2013-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524031850/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-aurora-victims-conspiracy-20130207,0,5313001.story |archive-date=2013-05-24}}{{cite web |last=Novella |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Novella |date=2010-01-25 |title=Mike Adams Takes On 'Skeptics' |url=http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/mike-adams-takes-on-skeptics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206115221/http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/mike-adams-takes-on-skeptics/ |archive-date=2016-12-06 |access-date=2016-11-26 |work=Neurologica |publisher=New England Skeptical Society |type=blog}}{{cite web |author=Orac [David Gorski] |author-link=David Gorski |date=2011-10-27 |title=Mike Adams vs. the flu vaccine |url=http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/10/27/mike-adams-vs-the-flu-vaccine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311092831/http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/10/27/mike-adams-vs-the-flu-vaccine/ |archive-date=2014-03-11 |access-date=2014-03-11 |work=Respectful Insolence |publisher=ScienceBlogs}}

NewsTarget

|newstarget.com

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|Sister site of Natural News.

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Next News Network

|nextnewsnetwork.com

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|Combined content from mainstream sites such as the Associated Press with content from sites such as RT and Sputnik.

|{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Paul |date=2018-02-02 |title='Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/how-youtubes-algorithm-distorts-truth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407024503/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/how-youtubes-algorithm-distorts-truth |archive-date=2020-04-07 |access-date=2020-04-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Timberg |first=Craig |date=2016-11-24 |title=Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404191413/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html |archive-date=2020-04-04 |access-date=2020-04-11 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |title=Antigovernment General |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/antigovernment-general |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622064809/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/antigovernment-general |archive-date=2023-06-22 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Palma |first=Bethania |date=2018-09-20 |title=Was the Mayor of San Juan Arrested for Misuse of Disaster Funds? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/san-juan-mayor-misuse/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330212241/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/san-juan-mayor-misuse/ |archive-date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

PrisonPlanet

|prisonplanet.com

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|Sister site of InfoWars.

|{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Ben |date=2016-10-28 |title=This 'Conservative News Site' Trended on Facebook, Showed Up on Fox News... and Duped the World |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/28/the-man-who-duped-trumpkins-fox-news |access-date=2023-12-11}}

Red Ice

|RedIce.tv

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|{{Cite web |date=2018-11-27 |title=Old Network of Anti-Islam Fake News Websites Turns To Twitter Trolling |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469931-old-network-of-anti-islam-fake-news-websites-turns-to-twitter-trolling.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923111814/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/11/old-network-of-anti-islam-fake-news-websites-turns-to-twitter-trolling.html |archive-date=2023-09-23 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Beirich |first=Heidi |date=Spring 2019 |title=The Year in Hate and Extremism: Rage Against Change |url=https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/intelligence_report_166.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903124651/https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/intelligence_report_166.pdf |archive-date=2023-09-03 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |oclc=796223066}}

Return of Kings

|returnofkings.com

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|{{Cite web |date=2018-02-21 |title=The Year in Hate: Trump buoyed white supremacists in 2017, sparking backlash among black nationalist groups |url=https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/02/21/year-hate-trump-buoyed-white-supremacists-2017-sparking-backlash-among-black-nationalist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221223009/https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/02/21/year-hate-trump-buoyed-white-supremacists-2017-sparking-backlash-among-black-nationalist |archive-date=2018-02-21 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online |url=https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DataAndSociety_MediaManipulationAndDisinformationOnline-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325093015/https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DataAndSociety_MediaManipulationAndDisinformationOnline-1.pdf |archive-date=2023-03-25 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Data & Society}}

TruNews

|trunews.com

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|{{Cite journal |last1=Grinberg |first1=Nir |last2=Joseph |first2=Kenneth |last3=Friedland |first3=Lisa |last4=Swire-Thompson |first4=Briony |last5=Lazer |first5=David |date=2019-01-25 |title=Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election |journal=Science |language=en |volume=363 |issue=6425 |pages=374–378 |doi=10.1126/science.aau2706 |pmid=30679368 |bibcode=2019Sci...363..374G |s2cid=59248491 |issn=0036-8075|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Guess |first1=Andy |last2=Aslett |first2=Kevin |last3=Tucker |first3=Joshua |last4=Bonneau |first4=Richard |last5=Nagler |first5=Jonathan |date=2021 |title=Cracking Open the News Feed: Exploring What U.S. Facebook Users See and Share with Large-Scale Platform Data |url=https://journalqd.org/article/view/2586 |journal=Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media |language=en |volume=1 |doi=10.51685/jqd.2021.006 |s2cid=236598470 |issn=2673-8813 |doi-access=free |access-date=2022-08-31 |archive-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602040723/https://journalqd.org/article/view/2586 |url-status=live }}

WorldNetDaily

|wnd.com

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|A far-right website known for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories, including the false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

|{{Cite journal|last1=Osmundsen|first1=Mathias|last2=Bor|first2=Alexander|last3=Vahlstrup|first3=Peter Bjerregaard|last4=Bechmann|first4=Anja|last5=Petersen|first5=Michael Bang|date=May 7, 2021|title=Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter|url=https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=4491271&version=1.0|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|publisher=Cambridge University Press|volume=115|issue=3|pages=999–1015|doi=10.1017/S0003055421000290|s2cid=235527523|issn=0003-0554|access-date=August 23, 2021|archive-date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822100753/https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=4491271&version=1.0|url-status=live}}{{Cite journal|last1=Ognyanova|first1=Katherine|last2=Lazer|first2=David|last3=Robertson|first3=Ronald E.|last4=Wilson|first4=Christo|date=2020-06-02|title=Misinformation in action: Fake news exposure is linked to lower trust in media, higher trust in government when your side is in power|url=https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Misinformation-in-action-Ognyanova-et-al-2020.pdf|journal=Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review|language=en-US|publisher=Shorenstein Center|volume=1|issue=4|doi=10.37016/mr-2020-024|doi-access=free|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320192323/https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Misinformation-in-action-Ognyanova-et-al-2020.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Kukura |first=Joe |date=2017-03-16 |title=The Inside Dope on Jean Quan's Pot Club |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/news/suckafreecity/the-inside-dope-on-jean-quans-pot-club/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008131523/https://www.sfweekly.com/news/suckafreecity/the-inside-dope-on-jean-quans-pot-club/ |archive-date=2022-10-08 |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=SF Weekly |language=en-US |quote=As of press time, the homepage of their website lists links to right-wing fake news sites like WorldNetDaily...}}

= 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.

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ancient-code.com

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CienciaySaludNatural.com

|cienciaysaludnatural.com

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|Regularly spreads disinformation online in Spanish about vaccines, COVID-19, disease outbreaks, gene therapy, quackery or counterfeit medications, among others.

|{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title=Las afirmaciones falsas del contenido que dice que el 80% de los niños de 12 años o más vacunados contra la COVID-19 con Pfizer "desarrollan efectos secundarios que pueden provocar un trauma severo"·Maldita.es - Periodismo para que no te la cuelen |url=https://maldita.es/malditaciencia/20210609/ninos-80-por-ciento-efectos-secundarios-vacuna-covid-19-pfizer/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Maldita.es - Periodismo para que no te la cuelen |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-24 |title=El estudio de Pfizer para la vacuna en niños no determinó el riesgo de miocarditis porque está entre los "raros" {{!}} Líder en Información Social {{!}} Servimedia |url=https://www.servimedia.es/noticias/2184599 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.servimedia.es |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Cuidado con las afirmaciones sin evidencias o fuera de contexto de la imagen que dice que las vacunas llevan arsénico o uranio |url=https://www.newtral.es/bulo-vacunas-tienen-arsenico-uranio/20210116/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Newtral |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Usuarios malinterpretan estudio científico sobre la relación entre los niños, el asma y el covid-19 |url=https://factual.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36KN7P2}}{{Cite web |last=Newtral |date=2021-05-24 |title=Bulos documentados: Fakes que usan trabajos científicos no validados |url=https://www.newtral.es/pandemia-bulos-documentados-fakes-preprint/20210524/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Newtral |language=es}}

Children's Health Defense

|childrenshealthdefense.org

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|Accused by NBC of "[misinterpreting] research to stoke fears that vaccines might be dangerous for children and pregnant women".{{Cite web |date=2019-12-29 |title=These are the fake health news that went viral in 2019 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n1107466 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916051002/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n1107466 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}} Filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Facebook, PolitiFact, Science Feedback, and the Poynter Institute over advertisements and fact-checked claims. Produced an anti-vaccine film that was marketed towards Black Americans. One of its participants, a medical history professor, felt that she had been "used" as part of "an advocacy piece for anti-vaxxers."{{Cite web |date=2021-06-08 |title=An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted To Black Americans Spreads False Information |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/08/1004214189/anti-vaccine-film-targeted-to-black-americans-spreads-false-information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509000313/https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/08/1004214189/anti-vaccine-film-targeted-to-black-americans-spreads-false-information |archive-date=2024-05-09 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=NPR}} Cited by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the "Disinformation Dozen" for frequently sharing anti-vaccine misinformation on social media.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=The Disinformation Dozen |url=https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/210324-The-Disinformation-Dozen.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511125505/https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/210324-The-Disinformation-Dozen.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Center for Countering Digital Hate}} Banned by Facebook and Instagram in 2022 for repeatedly spreading medical misinformation.

|{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Adi |date=2020-08-18 |title=Anti-vaccination group sues Facebook over fact-checking program |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21373530/robert-kennedy-childrens-health-defense-facebook-zuckerberg-fact-checking-lawsuit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201100220/https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21373530/robert-kennedy-childrens-health-defense-facebook-zuckerberg-fact-checking-lawsuit |archive-date=2023-12-01 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=The Verge |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=30 November 2023 |first=Chelsea |last=Brett |title=Anti-vaccination organization spreads baseless claim that global HPV vaccination campaign will lead to "mass casualty event" |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/anti-vaccination-organization-spreads-baseless-claim-global-hpv-vaccination-campaign-mass-casualty-event/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916022706/https://science.feedback.org/review/anti-vaccination-organization-spreads-baseless-claim-global-hpv-vaccination-campaign-mass-casualty-event/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-30 |title=Fact Check: Trump DID Sign 5G Bill, But Exposure Effects Are Misleading {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/03/Fact-Check-Trump-DID-Sign-5G-Bill-But-Exposure-Effects-Are-Misleading.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205093212/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/03/Fact-Check-Trump-DID-Sign-5G-Bill-But-Exposure-Effects-Are-Misleading.html |archive-date=2023-12-05 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Frenkel |first=Sheera |date=2022-08-18 |title=Facebook and Instagram Remove Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Nonprofit for Misinformation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/technology/facebook-instagram-robert-kennedy-jr-misinformation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510173817/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/technology/facebook-instagram-robert-kennedy-jr-misinformation.html |archive-date=2024-05-10 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=What VAERS Can and Can't Do, and How Anti-Vaccination Groups Habitually Misuse Its Data |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/scicheck-what-vaers-can-and-cant-do-and-how-anti-vaccination-groups-habitually-misuse-its-data/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423195429/https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/scicheck-what-vaers-can-and-cant-do-and-how-anti-vaccination-groups-habitually-misuse-its-data/ |archive-date=2024-04-23 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=FactCheck.org}}

Collective Evolution

|collective-evolution.com

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|Spread misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19, and shared conspiracy theories about Mark Zuckerberg and airport body scanners.

|{{Cite web |title=Special Report: COVID-19 Myths |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/covid-19-myths |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807034530/https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/covid-19-myths/ |archive-date=2023-08-07 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last=Carrasco-Farré |first=Carlos |date=2022-05-09 |title=The fingerprints of misinformation: how deceptive content differs from reliable sources in terms of cognitive effort and appeal to emotions |journal=Humanities and Social Sciences Communications |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1057/s41599-022-01174-9 |issn=2662-9992 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |last1=Lytvynenko |first1=Jane |last2=Silverman |first2=Craig |date=2019-07-03 |title=These Bizarre Kamala Harris And Mark Zuckerberg Conspiracy Sites Are Run By A Montessori School Operator |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/kamala-harris-and-mark-zuckerberg-conspiracy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922191343/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/kamala-harris-and-mark-zuckerberg-conspiracy |archive-date=2023-09-22 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2017-02-24 |title=Did a Study Prove That Airport Scanners 'Rip Apart' Your DNA? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/do-airport-scanners-rip-apart-dna/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510171122/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-airport-scanners-rip-apart-dna/ |archive-date=2024-05-10 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

collectivelyconscious.net

|collectivelyconscious.net

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dineal.com

|dineal.com

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|{{Cite web |date=2017-03-11 |title=Russian Trolls Fooled Sanders Voters With Anti-Clinton Fake News |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-fake-news-russia_n_58c34d97e4b0ed71826cdb36 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118064206/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-fake-news-russia_n_58c34d97e4b0ed71826cdb36 |archive-date=2024-01-18 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Buntain |first1=Cody |last2=Golbeck |first2=Jennifer |last3=Auxier |first3=Brooke |last4=Girum Assefa |first4=Biniyam |title=Analyzing a Fake News Authorship Network |url=https://web.stanford.edu/~mattm401/docs/2019-Buntain-iConf-AnalyzingAFakeNewsAuthorshipNetwork-Abstract.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229174805/https://web.stanford.edu/~mattm401/docs/2019-Buntain-iConf-AnalyzingAFakeNewsAuthorshipNetwork-Abstract.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-29 |access-date=2024-05-13}}{{Cite web |last1=Guess |first1=Andrew |last2=Nyhan |first2=Brendan |last3=Reifler |first3=Jason |title=Selective Exposure to Misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2016.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102163017/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2016.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-02 |access-date=2024-05-13}}

Discovery DSalud

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|Spreads false information in Spanish about the climate, vaccines, pandemics or human health.

|{{Cite web |last=Otto |first=Carlos |date=2020-12-21 |title=El negocio de ser negacionista del covid o la quimio: este español factura 475.000€ al año |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2020-12-21/negacionismo-covid-coronavirus-dsalud-jose-antonio-campoy_2873420/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Samper |first=Esther |date=2019-09-05 |title=Así se expande la desinformación sanitaria por Internet y redes sociales |url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/expande-desinformacion-sanitaria-internet-sociales_1_1373073.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=ElDiario.es |language=es}}

EWAO (Earth. We Are One)

|ewao.com

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|Published false claim that images of a mountain formation in Antartica is evidence of an ancient civilization.

|{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2017-08-24 |title=FACT CHECK: Were Enormous Pyramids Just Discovered In Antarctica? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/enormous-pyramids-just-discovered-in-antarctica/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209051936/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/enormous-pyramids-just-discovered-in-antarctica/ |archive-date=2023-12-09 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

Feature Remedies

|featureremedies.com

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|Falsely claimed that ginger is a more effective cancer treatment than chemotherapy.

|{{Cite web |date=30 September 2019 |first=Flora |last=Teoh |title=Claim that ginger is more effective than chemotherapy for cancer treatment is unsupported |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ginger-is-more-effective-than-chemotherapy-for-cancer-treatment-is-unsupported/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916022859/https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ginger-is-more-effective-than-chemotherapy-for-cancer-treatment-is-unsupported/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-09-04 |title=Fake News: Study Does NOT Find Ginger Is 10,000x More Effective At Killing Cancer Than Chemo |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470871-fake-news-study-does-not-find-ginger-10,000x-more-effective-at-killing-cancer-than-chemo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326210409/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/09/fake-news-study-does-not-find-ginger-10,000x-more-effective-at-killing-cancer-than-chemo.html |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

Food Babe

|foodbabe.com

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|Promoted anti-vaccine misinformation. Criticized for promoting chemophobia and "misinformation and fear-mongering about food ingredients."{{Cite web |date=2014-12-08 |title=Vani Hari, a.k.a. "The Food Babe," finally responds to critics |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vani-hari-a-k-a-the-food-babe-finally-responds-to-critics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719200818/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vani-hari-a-k-a-the-food-babe-finally-responds-to-critics/ |archive-date=2023-07-19 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Science-Based Medicine |language=en-US}} NPR notes that a revenue stream is based on affiliate marketing partnerships with organic and non-GMO food brands. Alleged collusion between Monsanto and the Food and Drug Administration over cancelling a program to monitor glyphosate in food, which Snopes has deemed as false.

|{{Cite web |date=2014-12-04 |title=Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/04/364745790/food-babe-or-fear-babe-as-activist-s-profile-grows-so-do-her-critics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926223808/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/04/364745790/food-babe-or-fear-babe-as-activist-s-profile-grows-so-do-her-critics |archive-date=2023-09-26 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=National Public Radio}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2016-11-16 |title=Is Monsanto Suppressing Evidence of a Cancerous Herbicide in Food? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/monsanto-suppressing-evidence-of-cancerous-herbicide-in-food/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401232200/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monsanto-suppressing-evidence-of-cancerous-herbicide-in-food/ |archive-date=2024-04-01 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

Galactic Connection

|galacticconnection.com

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|Published an article claiming the existence of aliens was disclosed by Russia after a joke made by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

|{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Alex |date=2012-12-11 |title=5 signs the UFO community can't take a joke |url=https://www.salon.com/2012/12/10/5_signs_the_ufo_community_cant_take_a_joke/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205012126/https://www.salon.com/2012/12/10/5_signs_the_ufo_community_cant_take_a_joke/ |archive-date=2024-02-05 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Salon |language=en}}

Geoengineering Watch

|geoengineeringwatch.org

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|Published video claiming the existence of solar geoengineering and chemtrails, which Climate Feedback deemed as incorrect. The site owner filed a lawsuit against one of the scientist reviewers, claiming that the fact-check limited the video's reach on social media. The lawsuit was dismissed, with plans to appeal as of September 2022.

|{{Cite web |date=25 March 2021 |first=Nikki |last=Forrester |title=Solar geoengineering isn't happening or damaging the planet; aircraft contrails are formed by water vapor, not chemicals |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/solar-geoengineering-isnt-happening-or-damaging-the-planet-aircraft-contrails-are-formed-by-water-vapor-not-chemicals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916044521/https://science.feedback.org/review/solar-geoengineering-isnt-happening-or-damaging-the-planet-aircraft-contrails-are-formed-by-water-vapor-not-chemicals/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Climate Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Researchers Hit With Lawsuits, Records Requests for Fact-Checking Climate Claims |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-19/climate-fact-checkers-hit-with-lawsuits-foias-for-challenging-dubious-claims |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230108225015/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-19/climate-fact-checkers-hit-with-lawsuits-foias-for-challenging-dubious-claims |archive-date=2023-01-08 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Bloomberg.com}}{{Cite journal |last=Cairns |first=Rose |date=March 2016 |title=Climates of suspicion: 'chemtrail' conspiracy narratives and the international politics of geoengineering |url=https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geoj.12116 |journal=The Geographical Journal |language=en |volume=182 |issue=1 |pages=70–84 |doi=10.1111/geoj.12116 |bibcode=2016GeogJ.182...70C |issn=0016-7398}}

Goop

|goop.com

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|Accused in 2020 by Truth in Advertising of violating a court settlement to stop spreading false medical claims about Goop products. Criticized by Simon Stevens, the then-Chief Executive of NHS England, for promoting products and procedures that he described as monetarily wasteful or "carrying considerable risks to health".{{Cite news |last=Boseley |first=Sarah |date=2020-01-30 |title=Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop wellness products condemned by NHS chief |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/30/nhs-chief-simon-stevens-condemns-gwyneth-paltrow-wellness-products |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120120314/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/30/nhs-chief-simon-stevens-condemns-gwyneth-paltrow-wellness-products |archive-date=2024-01-20 |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Sells many of the same wellness products as Infowars.

|{{Cite web |last=Mole |first=Beth |date=2020-02-03 |title=Goop accused of more deceptive health claims, violating court order |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/goop-violating-court-order-with-yet-more-bogus-health-claims-watchdog-says/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524174010/https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/goop-violating-court-order-with-yet-more-bogus-health-claims-watchdog-says/ |archive-date=2023-05-24 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Sonnad |first=Nikhil |date=2017-06-29 |title=All the "wellness" products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop |url=https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512111803/https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goop |archive-date=2024-05-12 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Quartz |language=en}}

GreenMedInfo

|greenmedinfo.com

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|Founded by Sayer Ji, who has been cited by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the "Disinformation Dozen" for frequently sharing anti-vaccine misinformation on social media. Removed from Pinterest in 2019, which Snopes concluded was likely due to the site’s promotion of health misinformation. Spread false claims about COVID-19 vaccines. Includes a search engine that McGill University describes as "biased toward scientific papers that claim natural food and alternative medicine can prevent and heal diseases."{{Cite web |title=Popular Health Guru Sayer Ji Curates the Scientific Literature with His Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/popular-health-guru-sayer-ji-curates-scientific-literature-his-bachelors-degree-philosophy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418032543/https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/popular-health-guru-sayer-ji-curates-scientific-literature-his-bachelors-degree-philosophy |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=McGill University |language=en}} Claims without evidence that marijuana is a cure for cancer.

|{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2018-12-18 |title=Pinterest Removes Three Prominent "Natural Health" Pages for Peddling Health Misinformation |url=https://www.snopes.com//news/2018/12/18/pinterest-removes-three-prominent-natural-health-pages-for-peddling-health-misinformation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429212219/https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/12/18/pinterest-removes-three-prominent-natural-health-pages-for-peddling-health-misinformation/ |archive-date=2024-04-29 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=2020-12-09 |title=The FDA did not find that COVID-19 vaccines may cause death |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/09/blog-posting/alternative-health-website-spreads-false-claim-abo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511125507/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/09/blog-posting/alternative-health-website-spreads-false-claim-abo/ |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Guerin |first=Cécile |title=The yoga world is riddled with anti-vaxxers and QAnon believers |url=https://www.wired.com/story/yoga-disinformation-qanon-conspiracy-wellness/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405224946/https://www.wired.com/story/yoga-disinformation-qanon-conspiracy-wellness/ |archive-date=2024-04-05 |access-date=2024-05-14 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite news |last=Beckett |first=Lois |date=2021-01-06 |title=Misinformation 'superspreaders': Covid vaccine falsehoods still thriving on Facebook and Instagram |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/facebook-instagram-urged-fight-deluge-anti-covid-vaccine-falsehoods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405163816/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/facebook-instagram-urged-fight-deluge-anti-covid-vaccine-falsehoods |archive-date=2024-04-05 |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Reports spread misinformation on Pfizer vaccine trial deaths |url=https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/reports-spread-misinformation-on-pfizer-vaccine-trial-deaths/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302030254/https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/reports-spread-misinformation-on-pfizer-vaccine-trial-deaths/ |archive-date=2024-03-02 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Australian Associated Press |language=en}}

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| rowspan="2" |Falsely claimed that ginger is a more effective cancer treatment than chemotherapy, that manuka honey is more effective than antibiotics, and that repeatedly boiling water is harmful. Cites peer-reviewed research to draw conclusions not supported by the works in question, such as citing four studies to claim that magnesium is an effective treatment for ADHD.

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=John |date=2019-07-26 |title=Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their reliability |url=https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/26/health-websites-are-notoriously-misleading-so-we-rated-their-reliability/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408212318/https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/26/health-websites-are-notoriously-misleading-so-we-rated-their-reliability/ |archive-date=2024-04-08 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=STAT |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2017-10-20 |title=FACT CHECK: Is Manuka Honey 'Better Than All Known Antibiotics?' |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/is-manuka-honey-better-than-all-known-antibiotics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002204032/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-manuka-honey-better-than-all-known-antibiotics/ |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Kasprak |first1=Alex |last2=LaCapria |first2=Kim |date=2015-11-12 |title=FACT CHECK: Is Twice-Boiled Water "Toxic"? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/never-boil-water-twice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506040205/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/never-boil-water-twice/ |archive-date=2024-05-06 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

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Health Impact News

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|Falsely linked deaths to flu vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines, and spread unproven cures for COVID-19.

|{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Andy |title=No, COVID-19 vaccines haven't caused higher vaccine deaths |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/06/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccines-have-not-led-6000-increase-patie/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002021635/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/06/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccines-have-not-led-6000-increase-patie/ |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2019-11-01 |title=Did 23 Seniors Die After Receiving a Flu Shot Sold by Pharmacies? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/23-seniors-die-from-flu-shot/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207133222/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/23-seniors-die-from-flu-shot/ |archive-date=2023-12-07 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-12 |title=Video Makes Bogus Claims About 'War Crimes' and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/scicheck-video-makes-bogus-claims-about-war-crimes-and-covid-19-vaccine-safety/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207170717/https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/scicheck-video-makes-bogus-claims-about-war-crimes-and-covid-19-vaccine-safety/ |archive-date=2023-12-07 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=FactCheck.org}}{{Cite web |date=28 February 2019 |first=Flora |last=Teoh |title=Article claiming flu vaccine causes serious illness and death is misleading and inaccurate |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/article-claiming-flu-vaccine-causes-serious-illness-and-death-is-misleading-and-inaccurate/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916023025/https://science.feedback.org/review/article-claiming-flu-vaccine-causes-serious-illness-and-death-is-misleading-and-inaccurate/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title="Experiments," "shedding," and variants: Here's where Covid-19 misinformation went in May |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/06/covid-vaccine-fact-checks-have-a-problem-few-people-are-clicking/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401040943/https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/06/covid-vaccine-fact-checks-have-a-problem-few-people-are-clicking/ |archive-date=2023-04-01 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Nieman Foundation for Journalism}}

Health Nut News

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|Founded by Erin Elizabeth, who was cited by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the "Disinformation Dozen" for frequently sharing anti-vaccine misinformation on social media. Removed from Pinterest in 2019, which Snopes concluded was likely due to the site’s promotion of health misinformation. Spread conspiracy theories falsely alleging that the deaths of doctors or alternative health practitioners were connected.

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-04-04 |title=Doctors' deaths were not connected, as website claims |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/blog-posting/doctors-deaths-were-not-connected-fake-news-websit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321223133/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/04/blog-posting/doctors-deaths-were-not-connected-fake-news-websit/ |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2017-05-03 |title=FACT CHECK: Were Doctors Who Discovered Cancer Enzymes in Vaccines All Found Murdered? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/holistic-doctor-death-conspiracy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128091815/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/holistic-doctor-death-conspiracy/ |archive-date=2022-11-28 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2018-11-13 |title=Did a 5G Cellular Network Test Cause Hundreds of Birds to Die? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404182250/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/ |archive-date=2024-04-04 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-02 |title=Fake News: Experts Do NOT Say Kids That Eat Boogers Are Happier, Healthier Adults |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470423-fake-news-experts-do-not-say-kids-that-eat-boogers-are-happier-healthier-adults.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201224051/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/05/fake-news-experts-do-not-say-kids-that-eat-boogers-are-happier-healthier-adults.html |archive-date=2023-12-01 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kasprak |first=Alex |date=2018-01-15 |title=FACT CHECK: Less Effective Flu Shots 'Prove' You Shouldn't Get Them at All? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/flu-shot-less-effective-season/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002211246/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flu-shot-less-effective-season/ |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Citation |last=Gorski |first=David H. |title=Cancer Quackery and Fake News: Targeting the Most Vulnerable |date=2019 |work=Cancer and Society: A Multidisciplinary Assessment and Strategies for Action |pages=95–112 |editor-last=Bernicker |editor-first=Eric H. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05855-5_7 |access-date=2024-05-15 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-05855-5_7 |isbn=978-3-030-05855-5}}{{Cite web |date=31 July 2019 |first=Flora |last=Teoh |title=Claim that ingredients in flu vaccine are known neurotoxins found to be incorrect |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916042941/https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}

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|Founded by Jeffrey M. Smith.

|{{Cite web |date=2015-07-15 |title=The Misleading War on GMOs: The Food Is Safe. The Rhetoric Is Dangerous. |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/07/are_gmos_safe_yes_the_case_against_them_is_full_of_fraud_lies_and_errors.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511122527/https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/07/are_gmos_safe_yes_the_case_against_them_is_full_of_fraud_lies_and_errors.html |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Slate Magazine}}

Medical Kidnap

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|Spread false or unproven claims about cases involving Child protective services. Falsely framed COVID-19 vaccines as "experimental". Part of the same network as Vaccine Impact and Health Impact News.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-06-17 |title=Alabama CPS 'Medical Kidnap' |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/alabama-cps-medical-kidnap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201073455/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alabama-cps-medical-kidnap/ |archive-date=2022-12-01 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mikkelson |first=David |date=2014-11-26 |title=Breastfed, Homebirthed Babies Taken Away from Parents for Not Using Hospital? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/child-defective-services/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207001332/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/child-defective-services/ |archive-date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

Mercola.com

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|Founded by Joseph Mercola, who was cited by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the "Disinformation Dozen" for frequently sharing anti-vaccine misinformation on social media. Removed from Pinterest in 2019, which Snopes concluded was likely due to the site’s promotion of health misinformation.

|{{Cite journal |last1=Guess |first1=Andrew M. |last2=Nyhan |first2=Brendan |last3=O’Keeffe |first3=Zachary |last4=Reifler |first4=Jason |date=November 2020 |title=The sources and correlates of exposure to vaccine-related (mis)information online |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.018 |journal=Vaccine |volume=38 |issue=49 |pages=7799–7805 |doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.018 |issn=0264-410X |pmc=7578671 |pmid=33164802 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708223821/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7578671/ |archive-date=2022-07-08}}

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| rowspan="2" |Repeatedly published climate change denial and false claims about COVID-19.

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-07-29 |title=The Left's Myths About Project 2025 |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/the-lefts-myths-about-project-2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240802121353/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/the-lefts-myths-about-project-2025 |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ngo |first=Madeleine |date=2021-01-30 |title=Fact check: WHO recommends mask-wearing to prevent COVID-19 spread |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/30/who-advises-people-continue-wearing-masks/4314055001/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203220959/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/30/who-advises-people-continue-wearing-masks/4314055001/ |archive-date=2021-12-03 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=Fact Check: Merck Did NOT Say It Is 'Better' to Get COVID And Recover Than Take Its Vaccines |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/01/fact-check-merck-scraps-covid-vaccines-says-it%E2%80%99s-more-effective-to-get-the-virus-and-recover-did-not-say-it-is-better-to-get-covid.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414043645/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/01/fact-check-merck-scraps-covid-vaccines-says-it%E2%80%99s-more-effective-to-get-the-virus-and-recover-did-not-say-it-is-better-to-get-covid.html |archive-date=2024-04-14 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Principia Scientific International |url=https://www.desmog.com/principia-scientific-international/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613021929/https://www.desmog.com/principia-scientific-international/ |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=DeSmog |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |first=Scott |last=Johnson |title=Article falsely attributes invented quotes to James Hansen |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/article-falsely-attributes-invented-quotes-to-james-hansen-dmitry-baxter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916044858/https://science.feedback.org/review/article-falsely-attributes-invented-quotes-to-james-hansen-dmitry-baxter/ |archive-date=16 September 2024|access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Climate Feedback |language=en-US}}

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RealFarmacy

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|Noted by the Wall Street Journal to promote homeopathy. Spread false claims about COVID-19 origins and unproven treatments. Spread anti-vaccine misinformation and has been noted by NewsGuard to have "promoted ineffective and potentially dangerous cancer treatments."{{Cite web |title=realfarmacy.com |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RealFarmacy.com-3-24-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414073046/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RealFarmacy.com-3-24-20.pdf |archive-date=2020-04-14 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=NewsGuard}}

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-03-24 |title=The FDA Classified Walnuts as Drugs? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/fda-classified-walnuts-drugs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608083600/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fda-classified-walnuts-drugs/ |archive-date=2023-06-08 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Kelsey |title=LibGuides: Fake News: What Is Fake News? |url=https://libguides.ucc.edu/fake-news/definitions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923002704/https://libguides.ucc.edu/fake-news/definitions |archive-date=2023-09-23 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Union College |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ask the Expert: Six tips for fighting fake news |url=https://news.iu.edu/live/news/24730-ask-the-expert-six-tips-for-fighting-fake-news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218233538/https://news.iu.edu/live/news/24730-ask-the-expert-six-tips-for-fighting-fake-news |archive-date=2023-12-18 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Indiana University |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2020-05-04 |title=Coronavirus: Far-right spreads Covid-19 'infodemic' on Facebook |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52490430 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301132136/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52490430 |archive-date=2024-03-01 |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2017-01-09 |title=How dangerous fake health news conquered Facebook |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/fake-news-health-facebook-cruel-damaging-social-media-mike-adams-natural-health-ranger-conspiracy-a7498201.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310191724/https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/fake-news-health-facebook-cruel-damaging-social-media-mike-adams-natural-health-ranger-conspiracy-a7498201.html |archive-date=2024-03-10 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Alpert |first=Lukas I. |date=2020-04-20 |title=Coronavirus Misinformation Spreads on Facebook, Watchdog Says |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-misinformation-spreads-on-facebook-watchdog-says-11587436159 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200421035927/https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-misinformation-spreads-on-facebook-watchdog-says-11587436159 |archive-date=2020-04-21 |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}

Riposte laique

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|Spread false claim that the French government approved euthanasia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

|{{Cite web |date=2020-12-21 |title=Quels sont les sites qui ont publié le plus d'intox sur le coronavirus ? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/high-tech/2936119-20201221-sites-publie-plus-intox-coronavirus-france |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308013205/https://www.20minutes.fr/high-tech/2936119-20201221-sites-publie-plus-intox-coronavirus-france |archive-date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=20 Minutes |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=The COVID-19 "Infodemic" - A Preliminary Analysis of the Online Conversation Surrounding the Coronavirus Pandemic |url=https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/Graphika_Report_Covid19_Infodemic.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226235537/https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/Graphika_Report_Covid19_Infodemic.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-26 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Graphika}}

Science Vibe

|sciencevibe.com

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|Reposted satirical story from World News Daily Report and framed it as genuine news. Reposted hoax on assassination of Marilyn Monroe.

|{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=2019-08-02 |title=Was a 5-Meter-Tall Human Skeleton Unearthed in Australia? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/5-meter-tall-human-skeleton/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003005310/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5-meter-tall-human-skeleton/ |archive-date=2023-10-03 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Soellner |first=Mica |date=2018-04-12 |title=No, Marilyn Monroe was not assassinated by a CIA agent |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/12/science-vibe/recycled-hoax-falsely-claim-cia-agent-admitted-kil/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602211150/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/12/science-vibe/recycled-hoax-falsely-claim-cia-agent-admitted-kil/ |archive-date=2023-06-02 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last1=Ronzani |first1=Piero |last2=Panizza |first2=Folco |last3=Morisseau |first3=Tiffany |last4=Mattavelli |first4=Simone |last5=Martini |first5=Carlo |date=2024-01-25 |title=How different incentives reduce scientific misinformation online |url=https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/how-different-incentives-reduce-scientific-misinformation-online/ |journal=Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review |language=en-US |doi=10.37016/mr-2020-131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316150007/https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/how-different-incentives-reduce-scientific-misinformation-online/ |archive-date=2024-03-16|doi-access=free }}

Stop Mandatory Vaccination

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|The founder has been described by NBC News as "a man without medical training who has made a name as a leader of the online anti-vaccination movement."{{Cite web |date=2019-09-24 |title=How anti-vaxxers target grieving moms and turn them into crusaders against vaccines |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n1057566 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916051032/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/n1057566 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

Censured by the Advertising Standards Authority in 2018 for distributing a Facebook ad targeted towards parents with misleading claims about vaccines.

Accused by the Guardian of "[using] Facebook’s advertising tools to target their propaganda exclusively at women."{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Julia Carrie |date=2019-02-01 |title=How Facebook and YouTube help spread anti-vaxxer propaganda |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/01/facebook-youtube-anti-vaccination-misinformation-social-media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420114233/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/01/facebook-youtube-anti-vaccination-misinformation-social-media |archive-date=2024-04-20 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Publishes "accounts from parents who claim that a baby's death was the result of a vaccination. Many of those viral articles have been debunked with official, medically supported explanations that include sudden infant death syndrome, pneumonia and accidental asphyxiation."

Misinformation from the group has resulted in at least one death: a child whose mother was urged by other group members not to give her son Tamiflu after he had a bout of the flu.

Accounts associated with the site and its founder have been suspended from Facebook and Twitter in 2020 for promoting QAnon conspiracy theories. The founder’s YouTube channel was demonetized in 2019 due to "[promoting] anti-vaccination content".{{Cite web |last=O'Donovan |first=Caroline |date=2019-02-22 |title=YouTube Just Demonetized Anti-Vax Channels |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/youtube-just-demonetized-anti-vax-channels |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526083408/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/youtube-just-demonetized-anti-vax-channels |archive-date=2023-05-26 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}} Ads to the site were also removed by Facebook in 2019 for violating Facebook’s policies on misinformation about vaccines. The founder’s Twitter account was reinstated in 2023.

|{{Cite web |date=2020-02-07 |title=On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son Tamiflu. He later died. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n1131936 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916050220/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/n1131936 |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Muldowney |first=Decca |date=2023-06-12 |title=Banned Anti-Vax 'Menace' Is Back and Selling 'Vaccine Cures' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/banned-anti-vax-menace-larry-page-is-back-on-elon-musks-twitter-and-selling-vaccine-cures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621192334/https://www.thedailybeast.com/banned-anti-vax-menace-larry-page-is-back-on-elon-musks-twitter-and-selling-vaccine-cures |archive-date=2023-06-21 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Arciga |first=Julia |date=2019-03-12 |title=Anti-Vax Ad King Larry Cook Dethroned After Facebook Removes His Posts |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vax-ad-king-larry-cook-dethroned-after-facebook-removes-his-posts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211095538/https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vax-ad-king-larry-cook-dethroned-after-facebook-removes-his-posts |archive-date=2024-02-11 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |first=Flora |last=Teoh |title=Popular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/popular-facebook-meme-misleadingly-suggests-that-the-measles-vaccine-caused-2019-samoa-measles-outbreak/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916043159/https://science.feedback.org/review/popular-facebook-meme-misleadingly-suggests-that-the-measles-vaccine-caused-2019-samoa-measles-outbreak/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}

Technocracy News

|technocracy.news

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|Spread misinformation about face masks with respect to COVID-19 as well as COVID-19 vaccinations. Falsely claimed that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas. The site owner edits a health newsletter for Newsmax.

|{{Cite web |date=14 January 2020 |first= Scott|last=Johnson |title=Simple measurements demonstrate that CO2 is a greenhouse gas contrary to claim in online blogs |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/simple-measurements-demonstrate-that-co2-is-a-greenhouse-gas-tim-ball/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916043413/https://science.feedback.org/review/simple-measurements-demonstrate-that-co2-is-a-greenhouse-gas-tim-ball/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Climate Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=19 May 2020 |first=Flora |last=Teoh |title=No evidence that using a face mask helps coronavirus enter the brain, contrary to claim by Russell Blaylock |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-that-using-a-face-mask-helps-coronavirus-enter-the-brain-contrary-to-claim-by-russell-blaylock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916044240/https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-that-using-a-face-mask-helps-coronavirus-enter-the-brain-contrary-to-claim-by-russell-blaylock/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Posts Distort Misleading Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-posts-distort-misleading-analysis-of-covid-19-vaccine-safety-data/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205092300/https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-posts-distort-misleading-analysis-of-covid-19-vaccine-safety-data/ |archive-date=2023-12-05 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=FactCheck.org}}{{Cite web |title=Ontario nurse under investigation over anti-mask, conspiracy theory Facebook posts |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7210573/ontario-nurse-coronavirus-conspiracy-facebook-posts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130072334/https://globalnews.ca/news/7210573/ontario-nurse-coronavirus-conspiracy-facebook-posts/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}

The Truth About Cancer

|thetruthaboutcancer.com

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|According to NewsGuard, "repeatedly promotes ineffective, unproven, and dangerous treatments for cancer".{{Cite web |title=Beware of Websites With "Truth" in their Names |url=https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-websites-with-truth-in-their |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508034721/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-websites-with-truth-in-their |archive-date=2024-05-08 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=NewsGuard |language=en}}

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TruthKings

|truthkings.com

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|Posted false allegations of fraud in the 2008 US presidential election. Spread false information about vaccines. Reportedly owned by Sherri Tenpenny.

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-03-18 |title=TruthKings: Not so truthful about vaccines |url=https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/18/truthkings-not-so-truthful-about-vaccines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603220700/https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/18/truthkings-not-so-truthful-about-vaccines |archive-date=2023-06-03 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=ScienceBlogs |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=The claim that Gardasil causes premature ovarian failure: Ideology, not science |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-claim-that-gardasil-causes-premature-ovarian-failure-ideology-not-science/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013115321/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-claim-that-gardasil-causes-premature-ovarian-failure-ideology-not-science/ |archive-date=2023-10-13 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Science-Based Medicine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-01-20 |title=FALSE: Pediatricians' Association Admits HPV Vaccine-Cancer Link |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/pediatricians-association-admits-hpv-vaccine-cancer-link/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003082349/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pediatricians-association-admits-hpv-vaccine-cancer-link/ |archive-date=2023-10-03 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Yuhas |first=Alan |date=2016-10-30 |title=Facebook fact-check: all the fake news, from the Obamas to miracle cannabis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/30/facebook-fake-news-fact-check |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614213445/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/30/facebook-fake-news-fact-check |archive-date=2023-06-14 |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Vaccine Impact

|vaccineimpact.com

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|Part of the same network as Medical Kidnap and Health Impact News.

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The Waking Times

|wakingtimes.com

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|Accused by the Global Disinformation Index of spreading disinformation on COVID-19 public policies.

|{{Cite web |title=Global Disinformation Index - Brand sponsors of AdWeek Europe 2021 |url=https://www.disinformationindex.org/files/gdi_addeck_adweekeurope_10-may.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329042746/https://www.disinformationindex.org/files/gdi_addeck_adweekeurope_10-may.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-29 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Global Disinformation Index}}

== Climate change denial ==

{{Main article|Climate change denial}}

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Asociación de Realistas Climáticos

|realistasclimaticos.org

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|Spanish organization that denies the human role in global warming, although their founders Saúl Blanco Lanza and Javier Vinós are not even climatologists. Javier del Valle Melendo, another of its members, has been heavily criticised for his flawed reasoning in his publications.{{Cite web |last=Robaina |first=Eduardo |date=2023-04-26 |title=La Universidad pública de Zaragoza acoge la presentación de un libro negacionista |url=https://climatica.coop/libro-negacionista-universidad-zaragoza/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad |language=es}}

|{{Cite web |last=Jordá |first=Carmelo |date=2024-11-30 |title="Lo que dicen los datos es que el cambio climático está salvando vidas" |url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/ciencia-tecnologia/ciencia/2024-11-30/javier-vinos-asociacion-de-realistas-climaticos-los-datos-dicen-que-el-cambio-climatico-esta-salvando-vidas-7192566/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Libertad Digital |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |last=Debate |first=El |date=2024-11-24 |title=Nace una asociación que quiere alejarse de los alarmismos climáticos: «Las riadas de la DANA no son nuevas» |url=https://www.eldebate.com/sociedad/sociedad-medio-ambiente/20241124/nace-asociacion-quiere-alejarse-alarmismos-climaticos-riadas-dana-no-son-nuevas_246539.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=El Debate |language=es}}

rowspan="2" |Chicks On The Right

|chicksonright.com

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| rowspan="2" |Spread false claim about an upcoming "mini ice age".{{Cite web |date=21 November 2018 |first=Emmanuel |last=Vincent |title=False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts |url=https://science.feedback.org/false-claims-coming-ice-age-ecosystem-unreliable-news-sites-blogs-social-media-accounts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045028/https://science.feedback.org/false-claims-coming-ice-age-ecosystem-unreliable-news-sites-blogs-social-media-accounts/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Climate Feedback |language=en-US}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |date=2020-08-12 |title=Fact Check: Kamala Harris Said She Believed Women Who Said They Felt 'Uncomfortable' By Biden Touching -- NOT 'Rape Accusers' |url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/08/fact-check-kamala-harris-said-she-believes-women-who-said-they-felt-uncomfortable-by-biden's-touching-not-rape-acccusers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225103636/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/08/fact-check-kamala-harris-said-she-believes-women-who-said-they-felt-uncomfortable-by-biden's-touching-not-rape-acccusers.html |archive-date=2023-12-25 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

chicksontheright.com
Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL)

|clintel.org

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|{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Cécile |date=2023-03-15 |title=Mainstreaming climate scepticism: Analysing the reach of fringe websites on Twitter |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/mainstreaming-climate-scepticism-analysing-the-reach-of-fringe-websites-on-twitter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429025211/https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/mainstreaming-climate-scepticism-analysing-the-reach-of-fringe-websites-on-twitter/ |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Institute for Strategic Dialogue |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Don't stop me now: the growing disinformation threat against climate change |url=https://www.disinfo.eu/publications/dont-stop-me-now-the-growing-disinformation-threat-against-climate-change/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327000414/https://www.disinfo.eu/publications/dont-stop-me-now-the-growing-disinformation-threat-against-climate-change/ |archive-date=2023-03-27 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=EU DisinfoLab |language=en-US}}

NoTricksZone

|notrickszone.com

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Klimaat Feiten

|klimaatfeiten.nl

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Climate Gate

|climategate.nl

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Energy Talking Points

|energytalkingpoints.com

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Clima et Verité

|climatetverite.net

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Climato-Réalistes

|climato-realistes.fr

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Global Warming Scare

|globalwarmingscare.wordpress.com

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Climate Fraud

|klima-schwindel.com

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Climate Skeptical

|climat-sceptique.over-blog.com

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Climate Depot

|climatedepot.com

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Climate Exit (CLEXIT)

|clexit.net

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Climate Resistance

|climate-resistance.org

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CO2 Coalition

|co2coalition.org

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The Daily Sceptic

|dailysceptic.org

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|Publishes anti-vaccine and climate change denial misinformation.

|{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=Vaccines do not raise your risk of catching Covid |url=https://fullfact.org/health/daily-sceptic-phe-over-40s/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019054309/https://fullfact.org/health/daily-sceptic-phe-over-40s/ |archive-date=2023-10-19 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Full Fact |language=en}}

The Daily Wire

|dailywire.com

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|Published multiple false claims that were debunked by Snopes. Per the Daily Beast, Mike Adams would repeatedly post to the site "to attack and mock... students, staff, and faculty" at University of North Carolina Wilmington.{{Cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Jenn |date=2016-11-28 |title=UNC Professor Allowed to Harass LGBTQ Students |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/28/unc-professor-gets-away-with-harassing-lgbtq-students |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918094356/https://www.thedailybeast.com/unc-professor-allowed-to-harass-lgbtq-students |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}} Identified by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as a major distributor of climate change denialism. In 2022, the Global Disinformation Index described the Daily Wire as having a high risk of disinformation due to "bias", "sensational language" and "a high degree of sensational visuals".{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=Brief: Disinformation Risk in the United States Online Media Market, October 2022 |url=https://www.disinformationindex.org/research/2022-10-21-brief-disinformation-risk-in-the-united-states-online-media-market-october-2022/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529212707/https://www.disinformationindex.org/research/2022-10-21-brief-disinformation-risk-in-the-united-states-online-media-market-october-2022/ |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Global Disinformation Index |language=en}} Alongside Ken Paxton and The Federalist, filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the United States Department of State, partially as a result of this assessment by the GDI, alleging censorship of right-wing media and revenue loss.

|{{Cite web |title=THE TOXIC TEN - How ten fringe publishers fuel 69% of digital climate change denial |url=https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211101-Toxic-Ten-Report-FINAL-V2.5.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215180708/https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211101-Toxic-Ten-Report-FINAL-V2.5.pdf |archive-date=2022-12-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Center for Countering Digital Hate}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=Texas claims US State Department funds tech that censors conservative news |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/texas-claims-us-state-department-funds-tech-that-censors-conservative-news-2023-12-06/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231206233257/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/texas-claims-us-state-department-funds-tech-that-censors-conservative-news-2023-12-06/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=2017-04-27 |title=FACT CHECK: Did Bill Nye Say Gender is Determined 'by Your Chromosomes?' |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/bill-nye-gender-chromosomes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202113552/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-nye-gender-chromosomes/ |archive-date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Mikkelson |first1=David |last2=LaCapria |first2=Kim |date=2017-03-01 |title=FACT CHECK: Did Democrats Refuse to Stand for a Navy SEAL's Widow? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/democrats-stand-seal-widow/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418013435/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-stand-seal-widow/ |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2017-05-09 |title=FACT CHECK: Is Harvard University Segregating Graduation Ceremonies? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/harvard-segregated-graduation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220182623/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harvard-segregated-graduation/ |archive-date=2022-12-20 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=MacGuill |first=Dan |date=2020-09-02 |title=Did California DA Say Looting Is 'Okay' If Suspects 'Need' the Items? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/california-da-becton-looting-need/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007234520/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-da-becton-looting-need/ |archive-date=2023-10-07 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

De Groene Rekenkamer

|groene-rekenkamer.nl

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Destaatvanhet Klimaat

|destaatvanhet-klimaat.nl

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Ecologia, Clima, Aquecimento

|ecologia-clima-aquecimento.blogspot.com

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Climate Curious

|shortfall.blog

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Climate Etc

|judithcurry.com

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Environmental Progress

|environmentalprogress.org

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European Climate Realist Network

|ecr.network

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Everything Climate

|everythingclimate.com

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Klimaat Gek

|klimaatgek.nl

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Klima Realisme

|klimarealisme.dk

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Klima Realistene

|klimarealistene.com

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Klimat Sans

|klimatsans.com

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Klimat Upplysningen

|klimatupplysningen.se

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Koklimaat

|koklimaat.nl

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La Question Climatique

|laquestionclimatique.org

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Science, Climat et Énergie

|science-climat-energie.be

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Science Under Attack

|scienceunderattack.com

|Active

|Website of Ralph B. Alexander, author of Science Under Attack: The Age of Unreason and Global Warming False Alarm who holds a PhD in physics, but is no climatologist. Topics like GMOs, climate change or vaccinations are commonly discussed and falsified in the blog.

|{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Cristine |title=Attack of the climate-denial books |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/climate_change_denial_skeptic.php |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Misinformation and propaganda campaign on net zero |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/misinformation-and-propaganda-campaign-on-net-zero/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment |language=en-GB}}

Sky Fall

|skyfall.fr

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Weather Action

|weatheraction.com

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A Grande Farsa do Aquecimento Global

|agfdag.wordpress.com

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= 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.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="sortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

12minutos.com

|12minutos.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|{{Cite web |date=2019-02-04 |title=Fake News: Gérard Jugnot Did NOT Die This Morning |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470153-fake-news-la-mort-de-gerard-jugnot-tot-ce-matin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924180507/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/02/fake-news-la-mort-de-gerard-jugnot-tot-ce-matin.html |archive-date=2023-09-24 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

24aktuelles.com

|24aktuelles.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

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24hnoticias.com

|24hnoticias.com

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|Part of the same network as React 365.

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actualite.co

|actualite.co

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|Same owner as React 365.

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actualites.co

|actualites.co

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|Part of the same network as React 365.

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actualitesdujour.fr

|actualitesdujour.fr

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|Part of the same network as React 365.

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theasociatedpress.com

|theasociatedpress.com

|

|Same owner as The Fake News Generator.

|{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Sunny |date=2018-09-20 |title=This fake news generator is a head-turning troll machine |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/fake-news-generator/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929205335/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/fake-news-generator/ |archive-date=2020-09-29 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2018-09-23 |title=Reign of "New Fake News King" Already At An End? The Fake News Generator Blocked By Facebook |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469795-fake-news-kings-reign-ended.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001193154/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/09/fake-news-kings-reign-ended.html |archive-date=2020-10-01 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

thebreakingnews.co

|thebreakingnews.co

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|Same owner as React 365.

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BreakingNews247.net

|BreakingNews247.net

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|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Same owner as React 365.

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BreakingNews365.net

|BreakingNews365.net

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|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Same owner as React 365.

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cbs-news.us

|cbs-news.us

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|Same owner as The Fake News Generator.

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cbsnews.us

|cbsnews.us

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|Same owner as The Fake News Generator.

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channel22news.com

|channel22news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

|{{Cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig |last2=Spary |first2=Sara |date=2017-05-29 |title=Create-Your-Own-Fake-News Sites Are Booming On Facebook And Victims Feel Powerless To Stop Them |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/create-your-own-fake-news-sites-are-booming-on-facebook-and |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208110200/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/create-your-own-fake-news-sites-are-booming-on-facebook-and |archive-date=2022-12-08 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

Channel 23 News

|Channel23News.com

|

|Prank website for generating false stories.

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Channel24news.com

|Channel24news.com

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|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel28news.com

|channel28news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel33news.com

|channel33news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel34news.com

|channel34news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel40news.com

|channel40news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel45news.com

|channel45news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel46news.com

|channel46news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel55news.com

|channel55news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel56news.com

|channel56news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel59news.com

|channel59news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel60news.com

|channel60news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel62news.com

|channel62news.com

|

|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel63news.com

|channel63news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel65news.com

|channel65news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel66news.com

|channel66news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel68news.com

|channel68news.com

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|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

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channel77news.com

|channel77news.com

|

|Same owner as Channel 23 News.

|

Clone Zone

|clonezone.link

|

|Impersonated The New York Times to spread the false story that Elizabeth Warren had endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016.

|{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Fake New York Times Article Claims Elizabeth Warren Endorsed Bernie Sanders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/fake-new-york-times-article-claims-elizabeth-warren-endorsed-bernie-sanders.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712205738/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/fake-new-york-times-article-claims-elizabeth-warren-endorsed-bernie-sanders.html |archive-date=2023-07-12 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Claire L. |date=2015-04-23 |title='Clone Zone' Is an Easy Tool for Building Fake Websites |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/clone-zone-is-an-easy-tool-for-building-fake-websites/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030015553/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3dkyyb/clone-zone-is-an-easy-tool-for-building-fake-websites |archive-date=2020-10-30 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Vice |url-status=live |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Reynolds |first=Emily |date=2016-03-02 |title='Clone Zone' website tricks gullible Facebook users |url=https://www.wired.com/story/clone-zone-tricks-internet-users/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205124246/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/clone-zone-tricks-internet-users |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2024-04-02 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |date=2015-04-24 |title=The True Story Behind Those Mysterious Fake Web Pages You've Been Seeing |url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/04/24/clone-zone-4real-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522224845/https://www.thefader.com/2015/04/24/clone-zone-4real-interview |archive-date=2022-05-22 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Fader |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Matt |date=2016-04-01 |title=Clone Zone: Democratizing April Foolery |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2016/04/clone-zone/624478/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814220231/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2016/04/clone-zone/624478/ |archive-date=2022-08-14 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2016-03-02 |title=This is what happens when someone decides an Internet hoax is 'art' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/03/02/this-is-what-happens-when-someone-decides-an-internet-hoax-is-art/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015122427/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/03/02/this-is-what-happens-when-someone-decides-an-internet-hoax-is-art/ |archive-date=2017-10-15 |access-date=2024-04-02 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-03 |title=Don't fall for this fake website trick |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/news/a559854/clone-zone-fake-website-tool/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306045845/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/news/a559854/clone-zone-fake-website-tool/ |archive-date=2024-03-06 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Good Housekeeping |language=en-GB}}

cnoticias.net

|cnoticias.net

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

en-bref.fr

|en-bref.fr

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

fakeawish.com

|fakeawish.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |date=2014-03-18 |title=Faking celeb deaths a big business for some websites, expert says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faking-celeb-deaths-a-big-business-for-some-websites-expert-says/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928184141/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/faking-celeb-deaths-a-big-business-for-some-websites-expert-says/ |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}

The Fake News Generator

|thefakenewsgenerator.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |date=2018-10-05 |title=Is The Fake News Generator Back In Business? -- It Took a Single Dash and $12 To Evade Filters {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469823-fake-news-generator-returns.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607221859/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/10/fake-news-generator-returns.html |archive-date=2023-06-07 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

fakeShare

|fakeshare.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=2015-08-04 |title=Is Pepsico Discontinuing Mountain Dew? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mountain-dew-discontinued/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927123629/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mountain-dew-discontinued/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2014-06-16 |title=Beware fakeShare, the tricky new hoax site sowing lies in your Facebook feed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/16/beware-fakeshare-the-tricky-new-hoax-site-sowing-lies-in-your-facebook-feed/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206032730/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/16/beware-fakeshare-the-tricky-new-hoax-site-sowing-lies-in-your-facebook-feed/ |archive-date=2022-12-06 |access-date=2024-01-07 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

FeedNewz

|feednewz.com

|

|Renamed to prank.link.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2015-09-09 |title=Doe Rations |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deer-season-canceled/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226094623/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deer-season-canceled/ |archive-date=2022-12-26 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

flashinfo.org

|flashinfo.org

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

Journific

|journific.com

|

|Often used to spread false claims of businesses about to close.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-05-11 |title=Big Lots Closing? |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/big-lots-closing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130170208/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/big-lots-closing/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

nachrichten.de.com

|nachrichten.de.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

nachrichten247.de

|nachrichten247.de

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

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nachrichten365.com

|nachrichten365.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

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net-infosnews.com

|net-infosnews.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

thenewyorktimes.company

|thenewyorktimes.company

|

|Same owner as The Fake News Generator.

|

Nipsy’s News

|nipsysnews.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |last=Brodeur |first=Michael Andor |date=2014-08-30 |title=The Internet's fake news problem - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2014/08/30/large-the-internet-fake-news-problem/SABBRta88xgqwEPY86oP3M/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905071501/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2014/08/30/large-the-internet-fake-news-problem/SABBRta88xgqwEPY86oP3M/story.html |archive-date=2014-09-05 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}

noticias-frescas.com

|noticias-frescas.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

noticias365.info

|noticias365.info

|

|

|{{Cite web |date=2015-11-16 |title=Estado Islámico NO ha emitido amenaza contra Puerto Rico |url=http://www.univision.com/noticias/terrorismo/estado-islamico-no-ha-emitido-amenaza-contra-puerto-rico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123215100/http://www.univision.com/noticias/terrorismo/estado-islamico-no-ha-emitido-amenaza-contra-puerto-rico |archive-date=2016-01-23 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Univision}}

notizzia.com

|notizzia.com

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

nsfnews.com

|nsfnews.com

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

prank.link

|prank.link

|

|

|

prankyourfriends.com

|prankyourfriends.com

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

PunkShare

|PunkShare.com

|

|

|{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=2015-09-14 |title=No Dough? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dunkin-donuts-bankruptcy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225111456/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dunkin-donuts-bankruptcy/ |archive-date=2022-12-25 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

react2424.com

|react2424.com

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

React 365

|React365.com

|

|This user-created fake news generator, supposedly for "pranking your friends", had at least two stories that went viral.

|

routers.news

|routers.news

|

|Same owner as PunkShare. Spoof of Reuters.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-03-31 |title=Kohl's Bankrupt, Closing 818 Stores? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kohls-bankrupt-closing-818-stores/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208004259/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kohls-bankrupt-closing-818-stores/ |archive-date=2023-02-08 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

SHRTURL

|shrturl.co

|

|

|{{Cite web |date=2014-06-17 |title=SHRTURL, The Hoax News Generator, Has Shut Down |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/shrturl-hoax-news-generator-has-shut-down |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003071449/https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/shrturl-hoax-news-generator-has-shut-down |archive-date=2022-10-03 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=WNYC Studios |language=en}}

toutelinfo.fr

|toutelinfo.fr

|

|Same owner as React 365.

|

trend-news.com

|trend-news.com

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

yam.fr

|yam.fr

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

youreact247.com

|youreact247.com

|

|Part of the same network as React 365.

|

= 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 ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="unsortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

Action News 3

|actionnews3.com

|

|Spread death hoaxes about various public figures.

|{{Cite web |title=Now8News.com Network |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/now8news.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721125718/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/now8news.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-21 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=NewsGuard}}

Breaking13News.com

|Breaking13News.com

|

|

|

Daily Buzz Live

|DailyBuzzLive.com

|

|Per PolitiFact. Republished a hoax about worldwide blackout, a false claim that had been spreading since 2012. Hosted on the same webserver as Action News 3.

|{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ciara |title=PolitiFact - No, NASA didn't confirm Earth will go dark for six days |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/16/blog-posting/no-nasa-didnt-confirm-earth-will-go-dark-six-days/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926064247/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/16/blog-posting/no-nasa-didnt-confirm-earth-will-go-dark-six-days/ |archive-date=2023-09-26 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mikkelson |first=David |date=2012-08-12 |title=6 Days of Darkness in December 2020? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-blackout-warning/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929234951/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-blackout-warning/ |archive-date=2023-09-29 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-05 |title=Fake News: Zika Virus NOT Found In Recent Shipment Of Bananas; CDC NOT Warning Of Safety Concerns {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470566-fake-news-zika-virus-shipment-bananas-cdc-warns.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923032359/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/06/fake-news-zika-virus-shipment-bananas-cdc-warns.html |archive-date=2023-09-23 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

dailyviralbuzz.com

|dailyviralbuzz.com

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News4KTLA.com

|News4KTLA.com

|

|Impostor site, per PolitiFact. Has the same IP address as Action News 3. Repurposed an Associated Press article with a false headline. Cited story from World News Daily Report.

|{{Cite web |date=2018-04-29 |title=Fake News: Comedian Bill Cosby NOT Dead Of Apparent Suicide At Age 80 {{!}} Lead Stories |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469322-no-suicide-bill-cosby.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529193532/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/04/no-suicide-bill-cosby.html |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gillin |first=Joshua |title=PolitiFact - Fake headline muddles real story of man cooked to death in tuna oven |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/blog-posting/fake-headline-muddles-real-story-man-cooked-death-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816220955/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/blog-posting/fake-headline-muddles-real-story-man-cooked-death-/ |archive-date=2022-08-16 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-06-23 |title=Las Vegas Parents Facing Charges for Modifying 8-Month-Old Baby's Ears |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lv-parents-ear-modification/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207014550/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lv-parents-ear-modification/ |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Snopes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gillin |first=Joshua |date=2017-03-06 |title=PolitiFact - Rats! Rumors of tons of rodent meat passed off as chicken wings in U.S. are fake news |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/blog-posting/rats-rumors-tons-rodent-meat-passed-chicken-wings-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814024901/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/blog-posting/rats-rumors-tons-rodent-meat-passed-chicken-wings-/ |archive-date=2022-08-14 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Politifact |language=en-US}}

News4Local.com

|News4Local.com

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Now 8 News

|Now8News.com

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|Started in 2015, this fake news website is also designed to look like a local television outlet. Several of the website's fake stories have successfully spread on social media. Has the same IP address as Action News 3.

|{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2015-12-04 |title=What was fake on the Internet this week: bear rapes, 'false flags' and gold testicles |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/04/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-bear-rapes-false-flags-and-gold-testicles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095611/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/04/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-bear-rapes-false-flags-and-gold-testicles/ |archive-date=2017-10-12 |access-date=2017-01-02 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}Joshua Gillin, [http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/apr/18/now8newscom/fake-news-story-says-united-flight-attendant-slapp/ Fake news story says United flight attendant slapped baby during flight from Chicago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422174350/http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/apr/18/now8newscom/fake-news-story-says-united-flight-attendant-slapp/|date=2017-04-22}}, PolitiFact (April 18, 2017).

TheRacketReport.com

|TheRacketReport.com

|

|Per PolitiFact. Has the same IP address as Action News 3. Repurposed an Associated Press article with a false headline.

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realstonedtimes.com

|realstonedtimes.com

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Straight Stoned

|straightstoned.com

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|Hosted on the same webserver as Action News 3.

|{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2016-05-10 |title=Pro-Lifers Declare Every Sperm Is Sacred |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/every-sperm-is-sacred/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112055842/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/every-sperm-is-sacred/ |archive-date=2023-01-12 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

== Batty Post ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="sortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

abc14news.com

|abc14news.com

|

|Spoof of ABC News.

|{{Cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig |last2=Pham |first2=Scott |date=2018-12-28 |title=In Spite Of Its Efforts, Facebook Is Still The Home Of Hugely Viral Fake News |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-fake-news-hits-2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016155957/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-fake-news-hits-2018 |archive-date=2023-10-16 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NewsGuard's Misinformation SWAT Team Issues Red Ratings to Two Networks Publishing Dozens of Hoax Websites |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguards-misinformation-swat-team-issues-red-ratings-to-two-networks-publishing-dozens-of-hoax-websites/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113194601/https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguards-misinformation-swat-team-issues-red-ratings-to-two-networks-publishing-dozens-of-hoax-websites/ |archive-date=2023-11-13 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=NewsGuard |language=en-US}}

abcnews-us.com

|abcnews-us.com

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|Spoof of ABC News.

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abcnews5.com

|abcnews5.com

|

|Spoof of ABC News.

|{{Cite web |date=2019-01-01 |title=Fake News: Woman NOT Charged After Slowly Eating Husband Alive Over Three Years |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470037-fake-news-centerville-oh-woman-charged-after-slowly-eating-husband-alive-over-three-years.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322092402/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/01/fake-news-centerville-oh-woman-charged-after-slowly-eating-husband-alive-over-three-years.html |archive-date=2023-03-22 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

AlabamaObserver.com

|AlabamaObserver.com

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albertatimes.com

|albertatimes.com

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Batty Post

|battypost.com

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|Published a false claim about being acquired by East Asia Tribune, a page that has the same Google AdSense ID.

|{{Cite web |last=Horgan |first=Richard |date=2016-04-18 |title=This Fake News Site Really Is Batty |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/batty-post-east-asia-tribune/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225225141/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/batty-post-east-asia-tribune/ |archive-date=2021-02-25 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2017-04-17 |title=How A False Story About A Husband And Wife Being Twins Ended Up On Major News Websites |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/this-false-story-about-a-husband-and-wife-discovering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927113301/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/this-false-story-about-a-husband-and-wife-discovering |archive-date=2018-09-27 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

Border Herald

|borderherald.com

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Boston Leader

|bostonleader.com

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|Possibly part of same network as Associated Media Coverage, another fake news site.

|{{Cite web |last=Emery |first=David |date=2017-04-20 |title=Florida Man, High on Meth, Cuts Off Genitals and Feeds Them to Alligator? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-man-genitals-alligator/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203070948/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-man-genitals-alligator/ |archive-date=2023-02-03 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

boston-post.com

|boston-post.com

|

|Not to be confused with the Boston Post.

Part of the same network as abcnews-us.com.

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cairnstimes.com

|cairnstimes.com

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|

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cbs15.com

|cbs15.com

|

|Spoof of CBS News. Possibly part of same network as abc14news.com.

|{{Cite web |title=abc14news.com |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABC14News-Label.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425155256/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABC14News-Label.pdf |archive-date=2020-04-25 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=NewsGuard}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-02 |title=Fake News: Boy NOT Hailed As Hero, Did NOT Shoot Pedophile Home Intruder Dead |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469817-fake-news-west-jordan-boy-7-hailed-as-hero-after-he-shoots-pedophile-home-intruder-dead.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924105939/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/10/fake-news-west-jordan-boy-7-hailed-as-hero-after-he-shoots-pedophile-home-intruder-dead.html |archive-date=2023-09-24 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

cbsnews10.com

|cbsnews10.com

|

|Spoof of CBS News. Part of same network as abc14news.com.

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cbsnews15.com

|cbsnews15.com

|

|Spoof of CBS News.

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cbsnews24.com

|cbsnews24.com

|

|Spoof of CBS News.

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cgcnews.com

|cgcnews.com

|

|Part of the same network as nbc9news.com.

|

cnn-globalnews.com

|cnn-globalnews.com

|

|Impostor site of CNN. Published death hoax on Clint Eastwood.

|{{Cite web |date=2017-08-01 |title=Fake News: Lexington Man NOT Arrested After He Was Caught Masturbating $35 Million Stud Horse Trying To Steal Its Semen {{!}} Lead Stories |url=http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3468691-fake-news-lexington-man-not-arrested-after-he-was-caught-masturbating-35-million-stud-horse-trying-t.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331212519/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2017/08/fake-news-lexington-man-not-arrested-after-he-was-caught-masturbating-35-million-stud-horse-trying-t.html |archive-date=2023-03-31 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

cnn-internationaledition.com

|cnn-internationaledition.com

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|Impostor site of CNN.

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coindesk-us.com

|coindesk-us.com

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|Spoof of CoinDesk.

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countyweekly.com

|countyweekly.com

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dallastimes.us

|dallastimes.us

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DenverInquirer.com

|DenverInquirer.com

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dublintribune.com

|dublintribune.com

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East Asia Tribune

|eastasiatribune.com

|

|Published death hoax about Kim Jong-un.

|{{Cite web |last=Gamp |first=Joseph |date=2016-06-18 |title=It's official: Kim Jong-un has NOT been killed by suicide bombers |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-jong-un-killed-suicide-attack-news-report-fake-say-south-korean-officials-1566181 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812125639/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-jong-un-killed-suicide-attack-news-report-fake-say-south-korean-officials-1566181 |archive-date=2022-08-12 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=International Business Times |language=en}}

Florida Sun Post

|floridasunpost.com

|

|Possibly part of same network as Associated Media Coverage, another fake news site.

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focustimes.org

|focustimes.org

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foreignjournal.com

|foreignjournal.com

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fox-26houston.com

|fox-26houston.com

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fox-32chicago.com

|fox-32chicago.com

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foxnews-us.com

|foxnews-us.com

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|Part of the same network as abcnews-us.com.

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foxnews15.com

|foxnews15.com

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freeinquirer.com

|freeinquirer.com

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The Jackson Telegraph

|jacksontelegraph.com

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longarticles.com

|longarticles.com

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MississippiHerald.com

|MississippiHerald.com

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nbc9news.com

|nbc9news.com

|

|Spoof of NBC. Part of same network as abc14news.com.

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nbcnews11.com

|nbcnews11.com

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nbcnews15.com

|nbcnews15.com

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nbcnews6.com

|nbcnews6.com

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newjournal.us

|newjournal.us

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thenyherald.com

|thenyherald.com

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|Part of the same network as nbc9news.com.

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pressunion.org

|pressunion.org

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si-nba.com

|si-nba.com

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sundayregister.com

|sundayregister.com

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The Sunday Inquirer

|sundayinquirer.com

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The Sunday Post

|sundaypost.org

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surreytelegraph.com

|surreytelegraph.com

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sydneybulletin.com

|sydneybulletin.com

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Telegraph Sun

|telegraphsun.com

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timesofcambodia.com

|timesofcambodia.com

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|

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tmz-us.com

|tmz-us.com

|

|Spoof of TMZ. Part of the same network as nbc9news.com.

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tvtnews.com

|tvtnews.com

|

|Part of the same network as nbc9news.com.

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unitednews.org

|unitednews.org

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|

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us-nbcnews.com

|us-nbcnews.com

|

|Spoof of NBC News. Part of the same network as nbc9news.com.

|

usatoday-go.com

|usatoday-go.com

|

|Has the same IP address as cbsnews10.com.

|{{Cite web |date=2018-10-19 |title=Fake News: Woman High On Meth Did NOT Die After Pumping Gasoline Into Her Anus |url=https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3469851-fake-news-erie-pennsylvania-woman-high-on-meth-dies-after-pumping-gasoline-into-her-anus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928072301/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2018/10/fake-news-erie-pennsylvania-woman-high-on-meth-dies-after-pumping-gasoline-into-her-anus.html |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Lead Stories |language=en-US}}

Vancouver Inquirer

|vancouverinquirer.com

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|

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vice-en-us.com

|vice-en-us.com

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|Part of the same network as abcnews-us.com.

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weekendherald.com

|weekendherald.com

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|

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yahoonews-us.com

|yahoonews-us.com

|

|Part of the same network as abcnews-us.com.

|

== Celebtricity ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! Name

!Domain

!Status

! class="sortable" |Notes

! class="unsortable" |Sources

20minutenews.com

|20minutenews.com

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alertchild.com

|alertchild.com

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areyousleep.com

|areyousleep.com

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badcriminals.com

|badcriminals.com

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cartelreport.com

|cartelreport.com

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Celebtricity

|celebtricity.com

|

|Has falsely claimed that Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Chicago, Illinois after more than 300 people were shot in one night; that a Wendy's employee put vaginal discharge on a burger as revenge against a partner; and that Bryshere Y. Gray was Jay-Z's son. Contains a "notorious fauxtire and satire entertainment" disclaimer which used to read "the most notorious urban satirical entertainment website in the world".{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2015-08-28 |title=What was fake on the Internet this week: Selfie lice, Joey Fatone and James Earl Jones RIPs |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/08/28/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-selfie-lice-joey-fatone-and-james-earl-jones-rips/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409075949/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/08/28/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-selfie-lice-joey-fatone-and-james-earl-jones-rips/ |archive-date=2017-04-09 |issn=0190-8286}}

|{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2015-11-06 |title=What was fake on the Internet this week: amazing cows, the KKK and a 'Secret Sister' gift exchange |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/06/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-amazing-cows-the-kkk-and-a-secret-sister-gift-exchange/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115014731/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/06/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-amazing-cows-the-kkk-and-a-secret-sister-gift-exchange/ |archive-date=2015-11-15 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2015-09-25 |title=What was fake on the Internet this week: Casey Anthony's death and Chipotle's 9/11 ad |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/09/25/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-casey-anthonys-death-and-chipotles-911-ad/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112092805/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/09/25/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-casey-anthonys-death-and-chipotles-911-ad/ |archive-date=2016-11-12 |issn=0190-8286}}

channel5000.com

|channel5000.com

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drugsofficial.com

|drugsofficial.com

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everydaybreakingnews.com

|everydaybreakingnews.com

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FedsAlert.com

|FedsAlert.com

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folksvideo.com

|folksvideo.com

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thefrt.com

|thefrt.com

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jokerviral.com

|jokerviral.com

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mrnewswatch.com

|mrnewswatch.com

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Persecutes.com

|Persecutes.com

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qualitysharing.com

|qualitysharing.com

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scaryhours.com

|scaryhours.com

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smhwtfnews.com

|smhwtfnews.com

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tmzbreaking.com

|tmzbreaking.com

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tmzbusiness.com

|tmzbusiness.com

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tmzcomedy.com

|tmzcomedy.com

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tmzhiphop.com

|tmzhiphop.com

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tmzurban.com

|tmzurban.com

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tmzuncut.com

|tmzuncut.com

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TMZWorldNews.com

|TMZWorldNews.com

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tmzworldstar.com

|tmzworldstar.com

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tmzworldstarnews.com

|tmzworldstarnews.com

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ViralActions.com

|ViralActions.com

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|Cited story from World News Daily Report.

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viralcocaine.com

|viralcocaine.com

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viraldevil.com

|viraldevil.com

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viralmugshot.com

|viralmugshot.com

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viralpropaganda.com

|viralpropaganda.com

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viralspeech.com

|viralspeech.com

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viralstuppid.com

|viralstuppid.com

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|

|{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2017-06-05 |title=An Ad Network That Works With Fake News Sites Just Launched An Anti—Fake News Initiative |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/an-ad-network-that-works-with-fake-news-sites-just-launched |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803091444/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/an-ad-network-that-works-with-fake-news-sites-just-launched |archive-date=2023-08-03 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}

== 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}}

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|anypolitical.com

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|cloudpolitical.com

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|{{Cite web |date=2018-02-02 |title=No Logan Act Charges Against John Kerry |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/no-logan-act-charges-john-kerry/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609155718/https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/no-logan-act-charges-john-kerry/ |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=FactCheck.org}}

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|goldpolitics.com

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PoliticsFocus

|flexpolitics.com

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PoliticsFocus

|jetpolitics.com

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PoliticsFocus

|maxrepublican.com

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PoliticsFocus

|politicsbee.com

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PoliticsFocus

|politicsedge.com

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|politicsfast.com

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|Politicsfocus.com

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|Per FactCheck.org.

|{{Cite web |date=2018-02-15 |title=John Kerry not facing Logan Act charges |url=https://apnews.com/f0a3ec34cdb449d29a4988486e6f74fd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128023859/https://apnews.com/f0a3ec34cdb449d29a4988486e6f74fd |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US}}

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|politicsmate.com

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|politicstec.com

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|politicsvision.com

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|sunrepublican.com

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|totalpolitical.com

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= 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}}

{{Disinformation}}

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