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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. [119] vatolu.com vatolu.com [94] Walli.us Walli.us [101]
Fake news websites target United States audiences by using disinformation to create or inflame controversial topics such as the 2016 election. [1] [2] Most fake news websites target readers by impersonating or pretending to be real news organizations, which can lead to legitimate news organizations further spreading their message. [3]
The New York Times has defined "fake news" on the internet as fictitious articles deliberately fabricated to deceive readers, generally with the goal of profiting through clickbait. [ 31] PolitiFact has described fake news as fabricated content designed to fool readers and subsequently made viral through the Internet to crowds that increase its ...
Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [ 135] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [ 136] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.
In 1762, the Grand Assembly of Virginia enacted the following law to punish "divulgers of false news.". Be it enacted, That what person or persons soever shall forge and divulge such false reports, tending to the trouble of the country, shall be, by next Justice of the Peace, sent for, and bound over to the next County Court, where, if he produce not the author, he shall be fined two thousand ...
Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. [ 6][ 12] The term as it developed in 2017 is a neologism (a new or re-purposed expression that is entering the language, driven by culture or technology changes). [ 13]
United States: 2011 Hard Drive: hard-drive.net United States: 2017 The Hard Times: thehardtimes.net United States: 2014 Humor Times: humortimes.com United States: 1991 Huzlers: huzlers.com United States: 2014 Islamica News: islamicanews.com United States: 1999 Le Journal de Mourréal journaldemourreal.com Canada (Québec) 2012 Khabaristan Times ...
The following is a list of websites, separated by owner, that have both been considered by journalists and researchers as distributing false news - or otherwise participating in disinformation - and have been designated by journalists and researchers as likely being linked to political actors in the United States.