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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.
Nov 17, 2021 · Adam Gabbatt. Wed 17 Nov 2021 05.00 EST. R ightwing operatives in the US are using a huge network of fake local news sites to target crucial state elections, with the sites publishing tens...
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Some fake news providers seek to advance candidates they favor. The Romanian man who ran endingthefed.com, for example, claims that he started the site mainly to help Donald Trump's campaign. Major fake news sites involved. ABCnews.com.co – pro-right; Conservative Daily Post – both anti-left and anti-right
Nov 19, 2019 · How local 'fake news' websites spread 'conservative propaganda' in the US. Locality Labs, a company operating scores of sites that purports to be a local news organization, is facing...
Jul 15, 2020 · Hundreds of fake conservative 'news' websites pretend to be local, with more than a dozen around Orlando | Orlando | Orlando Weekly. By Dave Plotkin on Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:59 pm....
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Jun 17, 2020 · New study sheds light. By Lisa Marshall • June 17, 2020. Facebook is a more fertile breeding ground for fake news than Twitter, and those on the far ends of the liberal-conservative spectrum are most likely to share it, according to new CU Boulder research.
Jan 14, 2016 · Perhaps the most egregious of the many nonsense peddlers on social media are fake news sites, so here we offer a guide to several of the most frequent (and unapologetic) hoax purveyors...
