List of fake news troll farms
The following is a list of websites, separated by country, that have been designated by journalists and researchers as likely being part of troll farms.
List
Albania
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bients.com | bients.com | Often spreading fake stories, often of political nature. | [1] | |
| The Predicted | ThePredicted.com | Supported Bernie Sanders during the 2016 U.S. Democratic Primaries and 2016 US Presidential Election with false stories about Hillary Clinton. | [1] |
Cambodia
The following is a list of websites linked to a group based in Cambodia that posted death hoaxes about public figures in order to spread malware.
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bx24news.com | bx24news.com | [2] | ||
| thedailynews24hr.com | thedailynews24hr.com | [3] | ||
| Daily90news.com | Daily90news.com | [2] | ||
| e365media.com | e365media.com | [2] | ||
| fnews2.com | fnews2.com | [4] | ||
| freshnews49.com | freshnews49.com | [2] | ||
| Freshnews85.com | Freshnews85.com | [2] | ||
| mz24news.com | mz24news.com | [5] | ||
| news28link.com | news28link.com | [6] | ||
| news37zone.com | news37zone.com | [2] | ||
| Newsa24daily.com | Newsa24daily.com | [7] | ||
| newsidaily.com | newsidaily.com | [2] | ||
| newskdaily.com | newskdaily.com | [8] | ||
| ranksnews.com | ranksnews.com | [2] | ||
| todaynewsbd.com | todaynewsbd.com | [2] | ||
| wreddismorce.com | wreddismorce.com | [2] |
Ghana
The following websites are part of a network of fake news websites registered in Ghana between 2016 and 2018, many of which have spread death hoaxes about public figures.
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ivescores.com | 1ivescores.com | [9] | ||
| 1ndependent.co.uk | 1ndependent.co.uk | [9] | ||
| ab.cnewsgo.com | ab.cnewsgo.com | [9] | ||
| abcnewgo.com | abcnewgo.com | [9] | ||
| aljazeera-TV.com | aljazeera-TV.com | [9] | ||
| aljazeeranews-TV.com | aljazeeranews-TV.com | [9] | ||
| allafricanews.co.za | allafricanews.co.za | [9] | ||
| asianews-TV.com | asianews-TV.com | [9] | ||
| bbctimes.com | bbctimes.com | [9] | ||
| boroughtimes.com | boroughtimes.com | [9] | ||
| breaking-bbc.co.uk | breaking-bbc.co.uk | [9] | ||
| Breaking-CNN.com | Breaking-CNN.com | Responsible for publishing numerous death hoaxes, including one for former First Lady Barbara Bush one day after her announcement that she would halt all further medical treatment in 2018. Designed to emulate CNN .
|
[10][9] | |
| cbn-TV.com | cbn-TV.com | [9] | ||
| channels-3.com | channels-3.com | [9] | ||
| City-Herald.com | City-Herald.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][9] | |
| cnewsgo.com | cnewsgo.com | [9] | ||
| cnn-channel.com | cnn-channel.com | [9] | ||
| da1lymail.com | da1lymail.com | [9] | ||
| dailynews.tv | dailynews.tv | [9] | ||
| dream1k.com | dream1k.com | [9] | ||
| dw-tv3.com | dw-tv3.com | [9] | ||
| elpais-TV.com | elpais-TV.com | [9] | ||
| express-co.uk | express-co.uk | [9] | ||
| Florida-times.com | Florida-times.com | [9] | ||
| football-usa.com | football-usa.com | [9] | ||
| Fox-news24.com | Fox-news24.com | Defunct | Imitates Fox News. Site currently down. | [12][13][9] |
| foxnewsr.com | foxnewsr.com | [9] | ||
| france24-TV.com | france24-TV.com | [9] | ||
| global-news-views.news | global-news-views.news | [9] | ||
| glonews360.com | glonews360.com | [9] | ||
| Houston Chronicle TV | houstonchronicle-TV.com | Not affiliated with the legitimate Houston Chronicle. | [14][15][16][9] | |
| huffingtonpost-fm.com | huffingtonpost-fm.com | [9] | ||
| jetsanza.com | jetsanza.com | [9] | ||
| livetv-news.com | livetv-news.com | [9] | ||
| local-reports.com | local-reports.com | [9] | ||
| m1rror.com | m1rror.com | [9] | ||
| mailonline-TV.com | mailonline-TV.com | [9] | ||
| maltatodays.com | maltatodays.com | [9] | ||
| manhattan-post.com | manhattan-post.com | [9] | ||
| meganews360.com | meganews360.com | [9] | ||
| metro-uk.com | metro-uk.com | [9] | ||
| miami-express.com | miami-express.com | [9] | ||
| Michigan-herald.com | Michigan-herald.com | [9] | ||
| mtv-tv3.com | mtv-tv3.com | [9] | ||
| naij.cbn-tv.com | naij.cbn-tv.com | [9] | ||
| news-TV.co.uk | news-TV.co.uk | [9] | ||
| news.cbn-tv.com | news.cbn-tv.com | [9] | ||
| news24-channel.com | news24-channel.com | [9] | ||
| news24-TV.com | news24-TV.com | [9] | ||
| news360-TV.com | news360-TV.com | [9] | ||
| news7pm.com | news7pm.com | Plagiarized its footer from The Last Line of Defense. | [17] | |
| newsdaily-TV.com | newsdaily-TV.com | [9] | ||
| NewsPhD.com | NewsPhD.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][9] | |
| nydailynews-TV.com | nydailynews-TV.com | Impostor site, per PolitiFact | [11][9] | |
| nytimes-news.com | nytimes-news.com | [9] | ||
| ondamic.com | ondamic.com | [9] | ||
| online.read-news.com | online.read-news.com | [9] | ||
| online.states-tv.com | online.states-tv.com | [9][11] | ||
| parliaments.eu | parliaments.eu | [9] | ||
| primenews-TV.com | primenews-TV.com | [9] | ||
| radiogtv.com | radiogtv.com | [9] | ||
| read-news.com | read-news.com | [9] | ||
| smithrise.com | smithrise.com | [9] | ||
| states-news.com | states-news.com | [9] | ||
| stluciantimes.com | stluciantimes.com | [9] | ||
| streethitz.com | streethitz.com | [9] | ||
| te1egraph.co.uk | te1egraph.co.uk | [9] | ||
| te1egraph.com | te1egraph.com | [9] | ||
| telegraph-TV.com | telegraph-TV.com | [9] | ||
| Texas-express.com | Texas-express.com | [9] | ||
| theguard1an.com | theguard1an.com | [9] | ||
| theguidian.com | theguidian.com | [9] | ||
| times1live.co.za | times1live.co.za | [9] | ||
| TV-bbc.com | TV-bbc.com | [9] | ||
| TV-cnn.com | TV-cnn.com | [9] | ||
| updater24.com | updater24.com | [9] | ||
| USA-Radio.com | USA-Radio.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][9] | |
| USA360-TV.com | USA360-TV.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][9] | |
| USA Television | Usa-television.com | Impostor site, per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. Affiliated with Fox-news24.com. | [18][11][9] | |
| usanews-TV.com | usanews-TV.com | [9] | ||
| usatoday-TV.com | usatoday-TV.com | [9] | ||
| za.i-telecast.com | za.i-telecast.com | [9] |
North Macedonia
The following websites are part of a network of fake news sites registered in North Macedonia for profit motives between the 2016 and 2020 US Presidential Election campaigns.
A 2018 report by Buzzfeed News linked the owners of an American fake news website, Liberty Writers News, to a Macedonian media attorney who operated numerous "fake news" websites during the six month lead-up to the 2016 Presidential Election. As of 2018, the governments of the United States and "at least two Western European countries" were investigating a possible connection between the Macedonian fake news sites and the Internet Research Agency, as an IRA employee was known to visit North Macedonia in 2015.[19]
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24wpn.com | 24wpn.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| 247NewsMedia.com | 247NewsMedia.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| abcnews.live | abcnews.live | Spoof of ABC News. | [20][21] | |
| About2Day.com | About2Day.com | Same owner as DailyHeadlinesNow.com. | [22] | |
| akniinfo.com | akniinfo.com | [23] | ||
| AmericanPeopleNetwork.com | AmericanPeopleNetwork.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| AMPosts.com | AMPosts.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][24] | |
| armyusanews.com | armyusanews.com | [23] | ||
| aweirdworld.net | aweirdworld.net | [23] | ||
| beaware.one | beaware.one | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| bestconservativenews.com | bestconservativenews.com | [21] | ||
| BlueVision.news | BlueVision.news | Per PolitiFact.
Copied story from the Last Line of Defense. |
[11][26][24] | |
| boss24.net | boss24.net | [23] | ||
| bossfeed.net | bossfeed.net | [23] | ||
| breaktimedaily.com | breaktimedaily.com | [21] | ||
| butam.net | butam.net | [23] | ||
| BuzzFeedUSA.com | BuzzFeedUSA.com | Per PolitiFact. Not to be confused with BuzzFeed. | [11][27][28] | |
| BVA News | BVAnews.com | Pro-Trump website reportedly developed by a Macedonian teenager in 2016. | [29][30][31] | |
| cbinfo24.com | cbinfo24.com | [23][32] | ||
| ciceinfo.com | ciceinfo.com | [23] | ||
| cole24info.com | cole24info.com | [23] | ||
| conscountry.us | conscountry.us | [21] | ||
| Conservative Army | Conservativearmy88.com | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. | [18][11][19] | |
| conservativecolumns.com | conservativecolumns.com | [21] | ||
| ConservativeDailyPost.com | ConservativeDailyPost.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][33] | |
| Conservative Fighters | conservativefighters.com | [34][35][36] | ||
| conservativefighters.org | conservativefighters.org | [35][36] | ||
| Conservative Flash News | ConservativeFlashNews.com | Per PolitiFact.
Copied story from the Last Line of Defense. |
[11][37][24] | |
| conservativeforever.com | conservativeforever.com | [35][36] | ||
| Conservative Info Corner | ConservativeInfoCorner.com | Per PolitiFact.
Shares the same website metadata as redcountry.us. |
[11][38] | |
| conservativemedia.com | conservativemedia.com | [35][36] | ||
| conservativenation.us | conservativenation.us | [21] | ||
| ConservativePaper.com | ConservativePaper.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][21] | |
| ConservativePoliticus.com | ConservativePoliticus.com | Per PolitiFact.
Same owner as DailyHeadlinesNow.com. |
[11][22] | |
| conservativestate.com | conservativestate.com | [31] | ||
| theconsinfo.com | theconsinfo.com | [21] | ||
| ConsPatriot.com | ConsPatriot.com | Same owner as DailyHeadlinesNow.com. | [22] | |
| coolinfo24.com | coolinfo24.com | [23] | ||
| crazyifonews.com | crazyifonews.com | [23] | ||
| cukam.com | cukam.com | [23] | ||
| cukaminfo.com | cukaminfo.com | [23] | ||
| cukammedia.com | cukammedia.com | [23] | ||
| cvikas.com | cvikas.com | [23] | ||
| cvikasdrv.com | cvikasdrv.com | [23] | ||
| cvikasinfo.com | cvikasinfo.com | [23] | ||
| cvrcinfo.com | cvrcinfo.com | [23] | ||
| Daily Info Box | DailyInfoBox.com | Per PolitiFact.
Shares the same website metadata as redcountry.us. |
[11][38] | |
| DailyHeadlinesNow.com | DailyHeadlinesNow.com | [22] | ||
| dailynewsdiscovery.com | dailynewsdiscovery.com | [23] | ||
| dailynewspolitic.com | dailynewspolitic.com | [31] | ||
| dailypolitics.info | dailypolitics.info | [31] | ||
| dailyrethink.com | dailyrethink.com | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| Daily Sid News | DailySidNews.com | Per PolitiFact.
Copied story from The Last Line of Defense. |
[11][39] | |
| Daily USA Update | dailyusaupdate.com | Falsely claimed that Scott Baio died in a plane crash. | [40][41][42][21] | |
| dawnlightnews.com | dawnlightnews.com | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| derven.net | derven.net | [23] | ||
| dotinfo24.com | dotinfo24.com | [23] | ||
| Donald Trump News | DonaldTrumpNews.co | [31] | ||
| donaldtrumpnews.net | donaldtrumpnews.net | [35][36] | ||
| The Examiner | Theexaminer.site | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. | [18][11][43] | |
| extraordinaryinfo.com | extraordinaryinfo.com | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| fergieinfo.com | fergieinfo.com | [23] | ||
| forfreedomworld.com | forfreedomworld.com | [23] | ||
| FreshDailyReport.com | FreshDailyReport.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| Global Politics Now | GlobalPoliticsNow.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| GlobalRevolutionNetwork.com | GlobalRevolutionNetwork.com | Per PolitiFact.
Republished a hoax about worldwide blackout. |
[11][44] | |
| Guerilla News | Guerillanews.com | Falsely claimed that President Obama cancelled Peace Officers Memorial Day. | [18][45] | |
| hardcoreusanews.com | hardcoreusanews.com | [23] | ||
| HealthyFoodHouse.com | HealthyFoodHouse.com | [46] | ||
| HealthyWorldHouse.com | HealthyWorldHouse.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| hotmedia24.com | hotmedia24.com | [23] | ||
| ilovemyamerica.net | ilovemyamerica.net | [23] | ||
| kevkainfo.com | kevkainfo.com | [23] | ||
| libertyinfo.net | libertyinfo.net | [23] | ||
| libertyinfonews.com | libertyinfonews.com | [23] | ||
| libertymagazine.net | libertymagazine.net | [23] | ||
| libertynews.net | libertynews.net | [23] | ||
| thelibertynews.us | thelibertynews.us | [21] | ||
| Liberty Raise | Thelibertyraise.com | Per FactCheck.org. | [32][21] | |
| libertysignal.com | libertysignal.com | [35][36] | ||
| libertytoday.net | libertytoday.net | [23] | ||
| liberyinfo.com | liberyinfo.com | [23] | ||
| liberyinfo24.com | liberyinfo24.com | [23] | ||
| lifeeventweb.com | lifeeventweb.com | [23] | ||
| lifeinfo24.net | lifeinfo24.net | [23] | ||
| ludinfo24.com | ludinfo24.com | [23] | ||
| m2voice.co.uk | m2voice.co.uk | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| m2voice.com | m2voice.com | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| MacedoniaOnline.eu | MacedoniaOnline.eu | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| magakagnews.com | magakagnews.com | [23] | ||
| magazinefornews.com | magazinefornews.com | [23] | ||
| matyinfo.com | matyinfo.com | [23] | ||
| meryinfo.com | meryinfo.com | [23] | ||
| mm24info.com | mm24info.com | [23] | ||
| mminfo24.com | mminfo24.com | [23] | ||
| myamazingnews.com | myamazingnews.com | [23] | ||
| mycrezynews.com | mycrezynews.com | [23] | ||
| mydeeptruth.com | mydeeptruth.com | [23] | ||
| mydeplorables.net | mydeplorables.net | [23] | ||
| myinfonews.com | myinfonews.com | [23] | ||
| myliberty.one | myliberty.one | [23] | ||
| New Conservatives | [19] | |||
| newpoliticstoday.com | newpoliticstoday.com | Per PolitiFact. | [23][11][47] | |
| newpoliticstomorrow.com | newpoliticstomorrow.com | [23] | ||
| News Breaks Here | newsbreakshere.com | Falsely claimed that Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote in the 2016 US Presidential Election.
Copied story from The Last Line of Defense. |
[48][49][24] | |
| News Feed Hunter | NewsFeedHunter.com | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. | [18][11][24] | |
| newspatriot.net | newspatriot.net | [23] | ||
| The New York Evening | TheNewYorkEvening.com | This fake news website has spread numerous false claims, including a fake story claiming that Malia Obama had been expelled from Harvard .
|
[50] | |
| NewYorkTimesPolitics.com | NewYorkTimesPolitics.com | [46] | ||
| Open Magazines | OpenMagazines.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][42][24] | |
| opremedia.com | opremedia.com | [51] | ||
| opreminfo.com | opreminfo.com | [23] | ||
| opremmagazine.com | opremmagazine.com | [23] | ||
| opremmedia.com | opremmedia.com | [23] | ||
| patriotnetwork.one | patriotnetwork.one | [23] | ||
| thepetitioner.org | thepetitioner.org | [35][36] | ||
| phoenixusnews.site | phoenixusnews.site | [52] | ||
| planetbros.com | planetbros.com | [23] | ||
| politicodailynews | politicodailynews.com | Published false quote from Sheryl Crow.
Impostor site of Politico. |
[53] | |
| politicreal.com | politicreal.com | Published by a Macedonian officer at the Ministry of Defense. | [25] | |
| PoliticsHall.com | PoliticsHall.com | [46] | ||
| prcmediainfo.com | prcmediainfo.com | [23] | ||
| proudpatriot.us | proudpatriot.us | [21] | ||
| ReadConservatives.news | ReadConservatives.news | Per PolitiFact. | [11][19] | |
| redbox.news | redbox.news | [21] | ||
| RedCountry.us | RedCountry.us | Per PolitiFact. | [11][54][38] | |
| RedInfo.us | RedInfo.us | Per PolitiFact.
Shares the same website metadata as redcountry.us. |
[11][38] | |
| redpeople.us | redpeople.us | Shares the same website metadata as redcountry.us. | [38] | |
| RedPolitics.us | RedPolitics.us | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| Resist the Mainstream | resistthemainstream.org | [35][36] | ||
| sacramentopress91.site | sacramentopress91.site | [52] | ||
| scandallinfo.com | scandallinfo.com | [23] | ||
| smithssite.com | smithssite.com | [23] | ||
| streetnews.one | streetnews.one | [23] | ||
| Success-Street.com | Success-Street.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| svijmedia.com | svijmedia.com | [23] | ||
| tamche1966.com | tamche1966.com | [23] | ||
| tapainfo.com | tapainfo.com | [23] | ||
| Team Candace Owens | teamcandanceowens.com | [35][36] | ||
| Team Candace Owens | teamcandanceowens.org | [35][36] | ||
| teamdancrenshaw.com | teamdancrenshaw.com | [35][36] | ||
| teoinfo.com | teoinfo.com | [23] | ||
| thisboss.net | thisboss.net | [23] | ||
| todayliberty.com | todayliberty.com | [23] | ||
| Top Alert News | Topalertnews.com | Likely part of the same network as Donald Trump News. | [32] | |
| True Trumpers | truetrumpers.com | [24] | ||
| The Trumpers | trumpers.live | [21] | ||
| Trump Vision 365 | TrumpVision365.com | [31] | ||
| tvrtinfo.com | tvrtinfo.com | [23] | ||
| universale24.com | universale24.com | [23] | ||
| Universale Info | universaleinfo.com | [23][32] | ||
| universalemedia.net | universalemedia.net | [23] | ||
| UniversePolitics.com | UniversePolitics.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| USA Daily Info | usadailyinfo.com | [55][56][42] | ||
| USA Daily Politics | USADailyPolitics.com | [31] | ||
| USA Daily Post | Usadailypost.us | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. | [18][11] | |
| USADoseNews.com | USADoseNews.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][57] | |
| USANews4U.us | USANews4U.us | Per PolitiFact.
Copied April Fool's Day joke from Firstpost.com. |
[11][58] | |
| USA Newsflash | usanewsflash.com | Per PolitiFact.
Falsely claimed that Donald Trump made an announcement as president on or around November 14, 2016, two months prior to inauguration. |
[11][59][60][61][62][63] | |
| usapatriotsvoice.com | usapatriotsvoice.com | [23] | ||
| USAPolitics.co | USAPolitics.co | [46] | ||
| USA Politics Now | USAPoliticsNow.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11][64] | |
| USA Politics Today | usapoliticstoday.com | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.
Copied story from The Last Line of Defense. |
[18][11][65][19] | |
| USAPoliticsZone.com | USAPoliticsZone.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| US Conservative Today | USConservativeToday.com | [31] | ||
| USInfoNews.com | USInfoNews.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| USPoliticsLeader.com | USPoliticsLeader.com | [42] | ||
| US Postman | USPostman.com | [11][66][67] | ||
| vtamedia.com | vtamedia.com | [23] | ||
| WashingtonEvening.com | WashingtonEvening.com | Impostor site, per PolitiFact | [11] | |
| weagreeinfo.com | weagreeinfo.com | [23] | ||
| WeConservative.com | WeConservative.com | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| weirdworldinfo.com | weirdworldinfo.com | [23] | ||
| worldnewsfrompolitics.com | worldnewsfrompolitics.com | [31] | ||
| World Politicus | WorldPoliticus.com | [31] | ||
| yougoinfo.com | yougoinfo.com | [23] |
Republic of Georgia
The following websites are part of a network of fake news sites registered in the Republic of Georgia for profit motives during the 2016 US Presidential Election campaign. Some of these sites have attempted to spread malware or obtain personal information.
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCrashNews.com | AllCrashNews.com | [68] | ||
| AmericanPresident.co | AmericanPresident.co | Per PolitiFact. Same owner as TrueTrumpers.com. | [11][69] | |
| American President Donald J. Trump | americanpresidentdonaldj-trump.com | Per Associated Press and Lead Stories.
Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. |
[70][71][72] | |
| AmericansMAGA.info | AmericansMAGA.info | Part of a network of sites based in the Republic of Georgia. Plagiarized a story from The Last Line of Defense. Reportedly attempts to install malware. | [73] | |
| BBC-Breaking-News.gq | BBC-Breaking-News.gq | [68] | ||
| BBC-Last-News.cf | BBC-Last-News.cf | [68] | ||
| BrutalEng.com | BrutalEng.com | [68] | ||
| CBCNews.gq | CBCNews.gq | [68] | ||
| CNNInternationalNews.com | CNNInternationalNews.com | Published a hoax article about a terrorist attack in New Zealand. Reportedly contains a pop-up that asks for personal information. | [68] | |
| CNNInternational.tk | CNNInternational.tk | [68] | ||
| county911.info | county911.info | Same owner as CountyNewsroom.info. Possibly spreads malware. | [74] | |
| CountyNewsroom.info | CountyNewsroom.info | The fake news website, registered to Tbilisi, Georgia, makes "a minimal attempt to look official" and is used to spread malware on readers' computers. | [75][74] | |
| DailyMirror.cf | DailyMirror.cf | [68] | ||
| DailyNewsPosts.info | DailyNewsPosts.info | Per PolitiFact.
Same owner as TrueTrumpers.com. |
[11][69] | |
| dailynewspostss.com | dailynewspostss.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| DC Posts | dcposts.info | Same owner as TrueTrumpers.com. | [69] | |
| departed.co | departed.co | Part of network of fake news sites registered in Georgia for profit motives during the 2016 US Presidential Elections. | [48] | |
| DepartedMe.com | DepartedMe.com | Per PolitiFact.
Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. |
[11][72] | |
| FacebookNeww.info | FacebookNeww.info | [68] | ||
| FoxNewsSports.info | FoxNewsSports.info | Same owner as TrueTrumpers.com. | [69] | |
| freedomwriters.pro | freedomwriters.pro | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| HeraldNews.tk | HeraldNews.tk | [68] | ||
| TheLocal.ga | TheLocal.ga | Published a hoax article about a terrorist attack in Ottawa, Canada in 2016. Reportedly contains a pop-up that attempts to spread malware. | [68] | |
| maganews.co | maganews.co | Same owner as TrueTrumpers.com. | [69] | |
| NewsLeak.co | NewsLeak.co | Per PolitiFact. | [11][76] | |
| newsrooms.info | newsrooms.info | Same owner as CountyNewsroom.info. Possibly spreads malware. | [77] | |
| NewTabi.com | NewTabi.com | [68] | ||
| ReportForLife.com | ReportForLife.com | [68] | ||
| statewatcher.com | statewatcher.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| TrueTrumpers.com | TrueTrumpers.com | This fake news website makes "claims about President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and Muslims, in particular, as well as click-baiting claims about porn stars and secret tricks for weight loss and whiter teeth."
Same owner as departed.co. |
[78][69] | |
| trumpence2024.com | trumpence2024.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| UnblockedGames.eu | UnblockedGames.eu | [68] | ||
| US4Trump | unitedstatesforpresidentrump.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usadailynewsposts.com | usadailynewsposts.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usatodaycom.com | usatodaycom.com | Part of network of fake news sites registered in Georgia for profit motives during the 2016 US Presidential Elections. | [48] | |
| usdailynewss.com | usdailynewss.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usdeplorablesfortrump.com | usdeplorablesfortrump.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usdeplorableslovestrump.com | usdeplorableslovestrump.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usdeplorablesnews.com | usdeplorablesnews.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| usfoxnews.com | usfoxnews.com | Spoof of Fox News.
Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. |
[72] | |
| usofficialnews.com | usofficialnews.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| us-presidenttrump.com | us-presidenttrump.com | Shares the same IP address or ad network ID as departed.co. | [72] | |
| walkwithher.com | walkwithher.com | Part of network of fake news sites registered in Georgia for profit motives during the 2016 US Presidential Elections. | [48] | |
| World-BBC-News.com | World-BBC-News.com | [68] | ||
| xcounty.info | xcounty.info | Same owner as CountyNewsroom.info. Possibly spreads malware. | [79] |
Republic of Kosovo
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILoveNativeAmericans.us | ILoveNativeAmericans.us | Per PolitiFact.
Copied story from The Postillon, a parody/satire site. |
[11][80] | |
| NativeAmericans.news | NativeAmericans.news | Copied story from The Postillon, a parody/satire site. | [80] | |
| NativeStuff.us | NativeStuff.us | Per PolitiFact. | [11] | |
| Patriotswalk | Patriotswalk.us | Per FactCheck.org. | [32] | |
| Police Task | Policetask.com | Per FactCheck.org. | [32] | |
| US Political News (USPOLN) | uspoln.com | Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.
Copied article from satire/parody site Politicops.com and fabricated quotes. |
[18][11][81][82][83] | |
| Virality Things | Viralitythings.us | Per FactCheck.org. | [32] | |
| WebViners.com | Webviners.com | Per FactCheck.org. | [32] | |
| WeLoveNative.com | WeLoveNative.com | Per PolitiFact.
Copied story from The Postillon, a parody/satire site. |
[11][80] |
Romania
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ending the Fed | endingthefed.com | Published many false claims, including that Donald Trump was endorsed by Pope Francis in 2016. Accused by the Foreign Policy Research Institute of being part of a propaganda campaign by Russia. | [84][85][86] | |
| Expunere | expunere.com | Same owner as Ending the Fed, targeting Romanian audiences. Accused by the Foreign Policy Research Institute of being part of a propaganda campaign by Russia. | [85][86] |
Russia
| Name | Domain | Status | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackMatters.com | BlackMatters.com | Impostor site affiliated with the Internet Research Agency. Promoted a protest at Stone Mountain, Georgia in 2016 that was attended by white nationalists and anti-racist activists. | [87] | |
| LiveReport | livereport.co.za | [88] | ||
| nation-news.ru | nation-news.ru | [88] | ||
| Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens (NAEBC) | naebc.com | [88][89] | ||
| OnePoliticalPlaza.com | OnePoliticalPlaza.com | Per PolitiFact.
Promoted by the Internet Research Agency via Google AdWords .
Claimed in a letter to the FEC to be run by a for-profit company registered in Florida. In 2020, the purported owner of the site, IDF International Technologies, Inc., was advised by the FEC that their "activities are not expenditures, contributions, or electioneering communications under the [Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 30101-45] and [Federal Election Commission] regulations."
|
[11][90][91][92][93][94][95] | |
| polit.info | polit.info | [88] | ||
| rueconomics.ru | rueconomics.ru | [88] | ||
| Russian Federal News Agency (RIAFAN) | riafan.ru | [88] | ||
| SADC News | sadcnews.org | [88] |
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