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List of political disinformation website campaigns

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The following is a list of websites, separated by country and sub-categorized by region or disinformation campaign, 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.

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Algeria

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The following websites are linked to an Algerian marketing/public relations firm, Ayam Agency. They are related to a network of Facebook pages and accounts removed in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior, which was part of a campaign that Graphika described as "a multi-year cross-platform effort to advance the interests of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune".[1]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
All About Algeria allaboutalgeria.com [1]
La Gazette d'Algérie lagazettedalgerie.com [1]

Argentina

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
La Derecha Diario derechadiario.com.ar A 2022 analysis by Graphika found that the site had spread climate change denialism and had a wide geographical distribution of content on Spanish-speaking communities on Twitter. Owned by Fernando Cerimedo, the digital communications chief of Javier Milei, who had also worked on the campaign of Jair Bolsonaro. [2][3][4][5]

Austria

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Report24 report24.news Linked to the Freedom Party of Austria. Spread anti-vaccine misinformation and falsely claimed that over 1,000 cities planned to enforce bans on meat to combat climate change. A 2022 analysis by ProPublica found many advertisements that had been placed by Google, which were removed upon contact by ProPublica. Alongside Wochenblick, was accused by Correctiv of attempting to interfere in the 2021 German federal election. [6][7][8][9]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
ATV atvbl.rs Accused by the United States Department of the Treasury of being closely linked to Milorad Dodik. Spread Bosnian genocide denial, unproven cures for COVID-19 and false claims about NATO troop deployment in Ukraine. A 2022 analysis by ProPublica found many advertisements that had been placed by Google, which were removed upon contact by ProPublica. [6]

Brazil

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Ceticismo Político ceticismopolitico.org Associated with MBL. [10]
Diário Nacional odiarionacional.com Imposter news portal site in Brazil that is associated with MBL. [11][12][13]
odiarionacional.org
Jornal do País [11]
Jornalivre jornalivre.com Associated with MBL. Banned from Facebook in 2018 due to what Facebook stated to be coordinated inauthentic behavior, "sowing division and spreading misinformation".[14] Accused of harassing journalists in Brazil who contradict their claims, as well as the electoral prosecutor José Carlos Bonilha. Contained a script used for cryptocurrency mining. [14][15][16][17][12][13]
jornalivre.org

Canada

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
LifeSiteNews lifesitenews.com Founded by the Canadian political lobbyist organization Campaign Life Coalition. [18][19][20][21]

Central African Republic

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The following websites are related to a network of Facebook pages and accounts removed in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. They are linked to a pseudonymous individual that is suspected of being sponsored by the government of Faustin-Archange Touadéra and/or advisors from Russia.[22]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Le Potentiel d'Afrique lepotentieldafrique.net [23][22]
lafrique.info lafrique.info [22]
Alternanceafricaine.org Alternanceafricaine.org [22]
ong-lcdaf.org ong-lcdaf.org [22]
paixetstabilite.org paixetstabilite.org [22]
afriqueengagee.com afriqueengagee.com [22]
afriqueactualite.info afriqueactualite.info [22]
Lepanafricanisme.info Lepanafricanisme.info [22]
miroirdafrique.info miroirdafrique.info [22]
lemondeactualite.info lemondeactualite.info [22]
leuropeafrique.info leuropeafrique.info [22]
loccident.info loccident.info [22]
lavoixdafrique.info lavoixdafrique.info [22]
lanouvelleduconti-nent.info lanouvelleduconti-nent.info [22]
lemondeenvrai.net lemondeenvrai.net [22]
lereveilafricain.info lereveilafricain.info [22]

Denmark

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
24NYT 24nyt.dk Founded by Jeppe Juhl, a candidate for the New Right party. Banned from Facebook in 2019 due to what Facebook stated to be coordinated inauthentic behavior, reportedly likely referring to purchasing social media interactions (likes) on its Facebook page. Such practices are potentially illegal under the Danish Marketing Practices Act. Academics have accused the site of misleading framing, unsourced claims, and presenting opinion as news. [24][25]

Ecuador

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
La Voz lavoz.co Related to a network of Facebook pages and accounts removed in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Estraterra, a Canadian-based Ecuadorian marketing firm that was co-founded by a former government employee of Rafael Correa's government. [26]
Latam Post latampost.online Related to a network of Facebook pages and accounts removed in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Estraterra, a Canadian-based Ecuadorian marketing firm that was co-founded by a former government employee of Rafael Correa's government. Published the same content as Semanario La Region. Missing domain registration name. [26]
Semanario la Región elsemanario.online Related to a network of Facebook pages and accounts removed in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Estraterra, a Canadian-based Ecuadorian marketing firm that was co-founded by a former government employee of Rafael Correa's government. Published the same content as Latam Post. Missing domain registration name. [26]

Egypt

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Alyamania News alyamanianews.com Spreads "anti-Turkish content".[27] Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Linked to one or more digital marketing firms based in Egypt: DotDev and/or NewWaves. Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. [27][28]
freeiranrevolution.com freeiranrevolution.com Spreads "anti-[Iranian]-regime content".[27] Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Linked to one or more digital marketing firms based in Egypt: DotDev and/or NewWaves. Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. [27][28]
Killed In Turkey killedinturkey.com Posted the same content as Turkey Leaks. Copied its content from Biten Hayatlar, including the group's name and logo in its social media posts. Anonymously registered website whose construction appeared to be unfinished. Part of a network of social media posts and accounts that was removed by Facebook in 2021 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Egyptian marketing firm Bee Interactive, which Graphika described as "[illustrating] the role commercial marketing firms play in political influence campaigns".[29] [30][29]
Masr Times masrtimes.com Part of a network of social media posts and accounts that was removed by Facebook in 2021 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Egyptian marketing firm Bee Interactive, which Graphika described as "[illustrating] the role commercial marketing firms play in political influence campaigns".[29] [30][29]
Turkey Leaks turkeyleaks.com Posted the same content as Killed in Turkey. Part of a network of social media posts and accounts that was removed by Facebook in 2021 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Linked to Egyptian marketing firm Bee Interactive, which Graphika described as "[illustrating] the role commercial marketing firms play in political influence campaigns".[29] [30][29]

France

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Contre-Info contre-info.com Spread false claim that the French government approved euthanasia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Affiliated with the group French Renewal. [31][32]
coupsfrancs.com coupsfrancs.com Described by Graphika as "a conspiracy-minded website".[33] Part of an influence operation attributed to individuals in the French military that battled a Russian-influence operation for the Central African Republic. Both networks were taken down by Facebook in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [33]

Germany

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Freie Welt freiewelt.net Run by the husband of Beatrix von Storch. Spread false claims about vaccines and a wheat shortage in Ukraine. A 2022 analysis by ProPublica found advertisements that had been placed by Google. [6]

Guinea

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
224Minutes 224minutes.net Linked to the Rally of the Guinean People. [34]

India

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Indian Chronicles

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Indian Chronicles, dubbed by the EU Disinfo Lab, is an influence operation initiated by Srivastava Group starting in 2005 and enabled by Asian News International in order to promote Indian interests and disparage Pakistan and China. The operation created a network of at least 500 fake news websites and had targeted 116 countries. Srivastava Group had co-sponsored a trip of 27 Members of European Parliament to visit Kashmir and meet with Narendra Modi in 2019.[35][36]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
EP Today eptoday.com [35][36]
EP Today eptoday.eu [35][36]
EP Today eptoday.org [35][36]
EP Today europeanparliamenttoday.com [35][36]
EU Chronicle EUChronicle.com [35][36]
EUOutlook EUOutlook.com [35][36]
EUOutlook EUOutlook.net [35][36]
EUOutlook EUOutlook.org [35][36]
EUreports.com EUreports.com [35][36]
Europeinnews.com Europeinnews.com [35][36]
EUFreeNews.com EUFreeNews.com [35][36]
SouthAsiaRevealed.com SouthAsiaRevealed.com [35][36]
SouthAsiaDiary.com SouthAsiaDiary.com [35][36]
SANews.ca SANews.ca [35][36]
PerspectiveSouthAsia.com PerspectiveSouthAsia.com [35][36]
SouthAsianAffairs.ca SouthAsianAffairs.ca [35][36]
gilgitnews.net gilgitnews.net [35][36]
gilgitpost.net gilgitpost.net [35][36]
gilgittimes.com gilgittimes.com [35][36]
khalistan.eu khalistan.eu [35][36]
khalistanfm.net khalistanfm.net [35][36]
radiokhalistan.net radiokhalistan.net [35][36]
balochnews.com balochnews.com [35][36]
balochistantoday.org balochistantoday.org [35][36]
balochistantoday.net balochistantoday.net [35][36]
European Union News Network eunewsagency.com [35][36]
PrNewsDistribution.com PrNewsDistribution.com [35][36]
Four News Agency FourNewsAgency.com [35][36]
Times of Geneva timesofgeneva.com [37]
4 News Agency 4newsagency.com [37]
New Delhi Times newdelhitimes.com [37]
Times of Portugal timesofportugal.com [37][38]
TimesofabuDhabi.com TimesofabuDhabi.com [37]
Mapplenews.com Mapplenews.com [37]
foreignaffairstoday.com foreignaffairstoday.com Spoof of Foreign Affairs. [37]
24hourscalgary.com 24hourscalgary.com Spoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursedmonton.com 24hoursedmonton.com Spoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursottawa.com 24hoursottawa.com Spoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
aberystwythtimes.com aberystwythtimes.com Spoof of Aberystwyth Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
acadianrecorder.com acadianrecorder.com Spoof of Acadian Recorder, a defunct newspaper. [38]
accionobrera.com accionobrera.com Spoof of Acción obrera, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-insaniyyah.com al-insaniyyah.com Spoof of Al-Insaniyyah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-jamahir.com al-jamahir.com Spoof of Al-Jamahir, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-mabda.com al-mabda.com Spoof of Al-Mabda', a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-malayin.com al-malayin.com Spoof of Al-Malayin, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-mukafih.com al-mukafih.com Spoof of Al-Mukafih, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-qaidah.com al-qaidah.com Spoof of Al-Qaidah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-watandaily.com al-watandaily.com Spoof of Al-Watan Daily, a defunct newspaper. [38]
almalayin.com almalayin.com Spoof of Al-Malayin, a defunct newspaper. [38]
almustaqilla.com almustaqilla.com Spoof of Al Mustaqilla, a defunct newspaper. [38]
alqaidah.com alqaidah.com Spoof of Al-Qaidah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
badischesvolksecho.com badischesvolksecho.com Spoof of Badisches Volksecho, a defunct newspaper. [38]
baltimoreeveningherald.com baltimoreeveningherald.com Spoof of Baltimore Evening Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
baltimoremorningherald.com baltimoremorningherald.com Spoof of Baltimore Morning Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
barladul.com barladul.com Spoof of Bârladul, a defunct newspaper. [38]
birminghamgazette.co.uk birminghamgazette.co.uk Spoof of Birmingham Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
brightonherald.com brightonherald.com Spoof of Brighton Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
bucharestbusinessweek.com bucharestbusinessweek.com Spoof of Bucharest Business Week, a defunct newspaper. [38]
buffaloenquirer.com buffaloenquirer.com Spoof of The Buffalo Enquirer, a defunct newspaper.[39] [38]
calcutta-gazette.com calcutta-gazette.com Spoof of Calcutta Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
cambridgeintelligencer.com cambridgeintelligencer.com Spoof of Cambridge Intelligencer, a defunct newspaper. [38]
canadianillustratednews.com canadianillustratednews.com Spoof of Canadian Illustrated News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
ceylondailymirror.com ceylondailymirror.com Spoof of Ceylon Daily Mirror, a defunct newspaper. [38]
comcast-network.com comcast-network.com Spoof of Comcast Network, a defunct cable TV network. [38]
congregationalherald.com congregationalherald.com Spoof of Congregational Herald, a defunct newspaper.[40] [38]
courrierdethiopie.com courrierdethiopie.com Spoof of Courrier d'Ethiopie, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dailycitizen.eu dailycitizen.eu Spoof of Daily Citizen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derdeutschecorrespondent.com derdeutschecorrespondent.com Spoof of Der Deutsche Correspondent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derkampf.com derkampf.com Spoof of Der Kampf, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernord-westen.com dernord-westen.com Spoof of Der Nord-Westen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernordstern.com dernordstern.com Spoof of Der Nordstern, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernordwesten.com dernordwesten.com Spoof of Der Nord-Westen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derostasiatischelloyd.com derostasiatischelloyd.com Spoof of Der Ostasiatische Lloyd, a defunct newspaper. [38]
detroitsundayjournal.com detroitsundayjournal.com Spoof of Detroit Sunday Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
deutscheshanghaizeitung.com deutscheshanghaizeitung.com Spoof of Deutsche Shanghai Zeitung, a defunct newspaper. [38]
diariodemanila.com diariodemanila.com Spoof of Diario de Manila, a defunct newspaper. [38]
die-einigkeit.com die-einigkeit.com Spoof of Die Einigkeit, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dieeinigkeit.com dieeinigkeit.com Spoof of Die Einigkeit, a defunct newspaper. [38]
easternmorningnews.com easternmorningnews.com Spoof of Eastern Morning News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
echodelasambre.com echodelasambre.com Spoof of Écho de la Sambre, a defunct newspaper. [38]
eestiaeg.com eestiaeg.com Spoof of Eesti Aeg, a defunct newspaper. [38]
elbiendelobrero.com elbiendelobrero.com Spoof of El Bien del Obrero, a defunct newspaper. [38]
essexgazette.com essexgazette.com Spoof of The Essex Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
falceemartello.com falceemartello.com Spoof of Falce e Martello, a defunct newspaper. [38]
finnmarkfremtid.com finnmarkfremtid.com Spoof of Finnmark Fremtid, a defunct newspaper. [38]
foxfootychannel.com foxfootychannel.com Spoof of Fox Footy Channel, a defunct TV channel. [38]
frontulplugarilor.com frontulplugarilor.com Spoof of Frontul Plugarilor, a defunct newspaper. [38]
garydailytribune.com garydailytribune.com Spoof of Gary Daily Tribune, a defunct newspaper.[41] [38]
gazetteandsentinel.com gazetteandsentinel.com Spoof of Gazette and Sentinel, a defunct newspaper.[42] [38]
goldcoastmail.com goldcoastmail.com Spoof of Gold Coast Mail, a defunct newspaper. [38]
golostruda.com golostruda.com Spoof of Golos Truda, a defunct newspaper. [38]
greateastlandtelevision.com greateastlandtelevision.com Spoof of Great Eastland Television, a defunct TV station network. [38]
hamevasser.com hamevasser.com Spoof of Hamevasser, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hardangerarbeiderblad.com hardangerarbeiderblad.com Spoof of Hardanger Arbeiderblad, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hartfordcitycourier.com hartfordcitycourier.com Spoof of Hartford City Courier, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hartfordcitydemocrat.com hartfordcitydemocrat.com Spoof of Hartford City Democrat, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hayatechchaab.com hayatechchaab.com Spoof of Hayat ech Chaab, a defunct newspaper. [38]
heiminshimbun.com heiminshimbun.com Spoof of Heimin Shimbun, a defunct newspaper. [38]
huashangdaily.com huashangdaily.com Spoof of Hua Shang Daily, a defunct newspaper. [38]
indianapolisdailyherald.com indianapolisdailyherald.com Spoof of Indianapolis Daily Herald, a defunct newspaper.[43] [38]
israelshtime.com israelshtime.com Spoof of Israel Shtime, a defunct newspaper. [38]
kansascityjournalpost.com kansascityjournalpost.com Spoof of Kansas City Journal-Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
karjalanmaa.com karjalanmaa.com Spoof of Karjalan Maa, a defunct newspaper. [38]
kentuckyirishamerican.com kentuckyirishamerican.com Spoof of Kentucky Irish American, a defunct newspaper. [38]
khalsa-akhbar-lahore.com khalsa-akhbar-lahore.com Spoof of Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, a defunct newspaper. [38]
khalsaakhbarlahore.com khalsaakhbarlahore.com Spoof of Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, a defunct newspaper. [38]
labanderaroja.com labanderaroja.com Spoof of La Bandera Roja, a defunct newspaper. [38]
ladomenicadelcorriere.com ladomenicadelcorriere.com Spoof of La Domenica del Corriere, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lailustracionfilipina.com lailustracionfilipina.com Spoof of La Ilustración Filipina, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lajeunebelgique.com lajeunebelgique.com Spoof of La Jeune Belgique, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lanouvelleinternationale.com lanouvelleinternationale.com Spoof of La Nouvelle Internationale, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lecanadien.ca lecanadien.ca Spoof of Le Canadien, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lechodukatanga.com lechodukatanga.com Spoof of L'Écho du Katanga, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lecommuniste.com lecommuniste.com Spoof of Le Communiste, a defunct newspaper. [38]
leedstimes.co.uk leedstimes.co.uk Spoof of Leeds Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
legrutleen.com legrutleen.com Spoof of Le Grutléen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
leninshilzhas.com leninshilzhas.com Spoof of Leninshil Zhas, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lepaysdefrance.com lepaysdefrance.com Spoof of Le Pays de France, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lereveildutadla.com lereveildutadla.com Spoof of Le Réveil du Tadla, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lereveiljuif.com lereveiljuif.com Spoof of Le Réveil juif, a defunct newspaper. [38]
liverpoolcourier.com liverpoolcourier.com Spoof of Liverpool Courier, a defunct newspaper. [38]
manchesterexaminer.com manchesterexaminer.com Spoof of Manchester Examiner, a defunct newspaper. [38]
manchestertimes.co.uk manchestertimes.co.uk Spoof of Manchester Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
metroeastjournal.com metroeastjournal.com Spoof of Metro-East Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
miamivalleychannel.com miamivalleychannel.com Spoof of Miami Valley Channel, a defunct cable TV channel. [38]
minneapoliseveningjournal.com minneapoliseveningjournal.com Spoof of Minneapolis Evening Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
mirat-ul-akhbar.com mirat-ul-akhbar.com Spoof of Mirat-ul-Akhbar, a defunct newspaper. [38]
montrealdailynews.com montrealdailynews.com Spoof of Montreal Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
moskovskykorrespondent.com moskovskykorrespondent.com Spoof of Moskovsky Korrespondent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
msnbc.uk msnbc.uk Spoof of MSNBC. [38]
nasisten.com nasisten.com Spoof of Nasisten, a defunct newspaper. [38]
neweveningpost.com neweveningpost.com Spoof of New Evening Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkcourierandenquirer.com newyorkcourierandenquirer.com Spoof of New York Courier and Enquirer, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkeveningjournal.com newyorkeveningjournal.com Spoof of New York Evening Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkjournalamerican.com newyorkjournalamerican.com Spoof of New York Journal-American, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkmorningtelegraph.com newyorkmorningtelegraph.com Spoof of The Morning Telegraph, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorksundaynews.com newyorksundaynews.com Spoof of New York Sunday News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
niagaranewstv.com niagaranewstv.com Spoof of Niagara News TV, a defunct TV channel. [38]
northchinadailynews.com northchinadailynews.com Spoof of North China Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
northotagotimes.com northotagotimes.com Spoof of North Otago Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
northwestradio.ca northwestradio.ca Spoof of North West Radio, a defunct radio station. [38]
oransocialiste.com oransocialiste.com Spoof of Oran socialiste, a defunct newspaper. [38]
pekinggazette.com pekinggazette.com Spoof of Peking Gazette, a defunct government bulletin. [38]
philippinesdailyexpress.com philippinesdailyexpress.com Spoof of Philippines Daily Express, a defunct newspaper. [38]
portlandeveningjournal.com portlandeveningjournal.com Spoof of The Oregon Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
protitisaigialeias.com protitisaigialeias.com Spoof of Proti tis Aigialeias. [38]
russkoyeznamya.com russkoyeznamya.com Spoof of Russkoye Znamya, a defunct newspaper. [38]
saltlaketelegram.com saltlaketelegram.com Spoof of Salt Lake Telegram, a defunct newspaper. [38]
schweizamsonntag.com schweizamsonntag.com Spoof of Schweiz am Sonntag, a defunct newspaper. [38]
shanghaieveningpostandmercury.com shanghaieveningpostandmercury.com Spoof of Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, a defunct newspaper. [38]
shanghaijewishchronicle.com shanghaijewishchronicle.com Spoof of Shanghai Jewish Chronicle, a defunct newspaper. [38]
singainesan.com singainesan.com Spoof of Singai Nesan, a defunct newspaper. [38]
socialistweekly.com socialistweekly.com Spoof of Socialist Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
sovietweekly.com sovietweekly.com Spoof of Soviet Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
spoknippet.com spoknippet.com Spoof of Spöknippet, a defunct newspaper. [38]
srilankadeepa.com srilankadeepa.com Spoof of Sri Lankadeepa, a defunct newspaper. [38]
swatantranepali.com swatantranepali.com Spoof of Swatantra Nepali, a defunct newspaper. [38]
sydney-gazette.com sydney-gazette.com Spoof of Sydney Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theadaircountynews.com theadaircountynews.com Spoof of Adair County News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theamericanweekly.com theamericanweekly.com Spoof of The American Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theaustraliancommunist.com theaustraliancommunist.com Spoof of The Australian Communist, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thebangkokrecorder.com thebangkokrecorder.com Spoof of The Bangkok Recorder, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thebaptisttimes.com thebaptisttimes.com Spoof of The Baptist Times. [38]
thebombaychronicle.com thebombaychronicle.com Spoof of The Bombay Chronicle, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theceylonherald.com theceylonherald.com Spoof of The Ceylon Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thecharlottesvilletribune.com thecharlottesvilletribune.com Spoof of The Charlottesville Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theclevelandgazette.com theclevelandgazette.com Spoof of The Cleveland Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thecolombojournal.com thecolombojournal.com Spoof of The Colombo Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thedearbornindependent.com thedearbornindependent.com Spoof of The Dearborn Independent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thedublingazette.com thedublingazette.com Spoof of The Dublin Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thehoovergazette.com thehoovergazette.com Spoof of The Hoover Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thejewishtribune.com thejewishtribune.com Spoof of The Jewish Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thekamloopsdailynews.com thekamloopsdailynews.com Spoof of The Kamloops Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thekungsheungdailynews.com thekungsheungdailynews.com Spoof of The Kung Sheung Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theliverpoolherald.com theliverpoolherald.com Spoof of The Liverpool Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theliverpoolnews.com theliverpoolnews.com Spoof of The Liverpool News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thelouisvilleheraldpost.com thelouisvilleheraldpost.com Spoof of Louisville Herald-Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thelouisvilletimes.com thelouisvilletimes.com Spoof of The Louisville Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
themadrastimes.com themadrastimes.com Spoof of The Madras Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
themirrorofaustralia.com themirrorofaustralia.com Spoof of The Mirror of Australia, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenevadajournal.com thenevadajournal.com Spoof of The Nevada Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenewzealandtablet.com thenewzealandtablet.com Spoof of The New Zealand Tablet, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenorfolkweeklynews.com thenorfolkweeklynews.com Spoof of The Norfolk Weekly News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theoregonjournal.com theoregonjournal.com Spoof of The Oregon Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thequebectelegraph.com thequebectelegraph.com Spoof of Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thesandbornherald.com thesandbornherald.com Spoof of The Sandborn Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theseattlestar.com theseattlestar.com Spoof of The Seattle Star, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetimesofceylon.com thetimesofceylon.com Spoof of The Times of Ceylon, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetorontomail.com thetorontomail.com Spoof of The Toronto Mail, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetulsatribune.com thetulsatribune.com Spoof of Tulsa Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thewellingtonindependent.com thewellingtonindependent.com Spoof of The Wellington Independent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thewhitesvilleindependentpress.com thewhitesvilleindependentpress.com Spoof of The Whitesville Independent Press, a defunct newspaper. [38]
timesofcyprus.com timesofcyprus.com Spoof of Times of Cyprus, a defunct newspaper. [38]
tokyonichinichishimbun.com tokyonichinichishimbun.com Spoof of Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, a defunct newspaper. [38]
topekastatejournal.com topekastatejournal.com Spoof of The Topeka Capital-Journal. [38]
torontotelegram.com torontotelegram.com Spoof of Toronto Telegram, a defunct newspaper. [38]
worldeconomicherald.com worldeconomicherald.com Spoof of World Economic Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
24hoursmanitoba.com 24hoursmanitoba.com [38]
3newsagency.com 3newsagency.com [38]
akhbarulusbua.com akhbarulusbua.com [38]
eveningpost.eu eveningpost.eu [38]
houstoneveningjournal.com houstoneveningjournal.com [38]
houstonmorningchronicle.com houstonmorningchronicle.com [38]
ludhiana-times.com ludhiana-times.com [38]
lyonsherald.com lyonsherald.com [38]
memphismorningnews.com memphismorningnews.com [38]
newyorknationaldemocrat.com newyorknationaldemocrat.com [38]
newyorkpressagency.com newyorkpressagency.com [38]
plymouthtribune.com plymouthtribune.com [38]
quebecherald.com quebecherald.com [38]
rochesterdailyamerican.com rochesterdailyamerican.com [38]
rockportjournal.com rockportjournal.com [38]
rockvilletimes.com rockvilletimes.com [38]
russkyinvalid.com russkyinvalid.com [38]
sindhgazette.com sindhgazette.com [38]
thecanadianspectator.com thecanadianspectator.com [38]
thehazletonnews.com thehazletonnews.com [38]
thelivenews.co.uk thelivenews.co.uk [38]
thesenator.eu thesenator.eu [38]
thestatesman.eu thestatesman.eu [38]
threemediagroup.com threemediagroup.com [38]
threenewsagency.com threenewsagency.com [38]
timesofalaska.com timesofalaska.com [38]
timesofambala.com timesofambala.com [38]
timesofamsterdam.com timesofamsterdam.com [38]
timesofargentina.com timesofargentina.com [38]
timesofaustria.com timesofaustria.com [38]
timesofazadkashmir.com timesofazadkashmir.com [38]
timesofbali.com timesofbali.com [38]
timesofbelgium.com timesofbelgium.com [38]
timesofbern.com timesofbern.com [38]
timesofbhutan.com timesofbhutan.com [38]
timesofbonn.com timesofbonn.com [38]
timesofbulgaria.com timesofbulgaria.com [38]
timesofcanberra.com timesofcanberra.com [38]
timesofcebu.com timesofcebu.com [38]
timesofchiangmai.com timesofchiangmai.com [38]
timesofchile.com timesofchile.com [38]
timesofcostarica.com timesofcostarica.com [38]
timesofcroatia.com timesofcroatia.com [38]
timesofdefence.com timesofdefence.com [38]
timesofeqypt.com timesofeqypt.com [38]
timesofestonia.com timesofestonia.com [38]
timesofgeneva.com timesofgeneva.com [38]
timesofhonduras.com timesofhonduras.com [38]
timesofhungary.com timesofhungary.com [38]
timesofjakarta.com timesofjakarta.com [38]
timesofjeddah.com timesofjeddah.com [38]
timesofkazakhstan.com timesofkazakhstan.com [38]
timesoflatvia.com timesoflatvia.com [38]
timesoflibya.com timesoflibya.com [38]
timesofluxembourg.com timesofluxembourg.com [38]
timesofmacau.com timesofmacau.com [38]
timesofmadinah.com timesofmadinah.com [38]
timesofmadrid.com timesofmadrid.com [38]
timesofmanitoba.com timesofmanitoba.com [38]
timesofmecca.com timesofmecca.com [38]
timesofmedina.com timesofmedina.com [38]
timesofmorocco.com timesofmorocco.com [38]
timesofnaples.com timesofnaples.com [38]
timesofnetherlands.com timesofnetherlands.com [38]
timesofnewbrunswick.com timesofnewbrunswick.com [38]
timesofnorthkorea.com timesofnorthkorea.com [38]
timesofpalau.com timesofpalau.com [38]
timesofperu.com timesofperu.com [38]
timesofpyongyang.com timesofpyongyang.com [38]
timesofriyadh.com timesofriyadh.com [38]
timesofromania.com timesofromania.com [38]
timesofsaotome.com timesofsaotome.com [38]
timesofseattle.com timesofseattle.com [38]
timesofseoul.com timesofseoul.com [38]
timesofsouthchinasea.com timesofsouthchinasea.com [38]
timesofsouthkorea.com timesofsouthkorea.com [38]
timesofspain.com timesofspain.com [38]
timesoftokyo.com timesoftokyo.com [38]
timesofvatican.com timesofvatican.com [38]
timesofvenezuela.com timesofvenezuela.com [38]
weeklylouisianian.com weeklylouisianian.com [38]
thr.threemediagroup.com thr.threemediagroup.com [38]
24hoursmontreal.com 24hoursmontreal.com Spoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursvancouver.com 24hoursvancouver.com Spoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
albanydailydemocrat.com albanydailydemocrat.com Spoof of Albany Democrat-Herald. [38]
baltimoreeveningsun.com baltimoreeveningsun.com Spoof of The Baltimore Sun. [38]
brownsvilletimes.com brownsvilletimes.com Spoof of The Times (Brownsville). [38]
cbs-cable.com cbs-cable.com Spoof of CBS Cable. [38]
dailystatesentinel.com dailystatesentinel.com Spoof of The Daily Sentinel (Texas). [38]
timesoflosangeles.com timesoflosangeles.com Spoof of Los Angeles Times. [38]
timesofmoscow.com timesofmoscow.com Spoof of The Moscow Times. [38]
Big News Network Bignewsnetwork.net [35][36]
Big News Network bignewsnetwork.com [35][36]
FijiNews.net FijiNews.net [35][36]
NorthKoreaTimes.com NorthKoreaTimes.com [35][36]
VancouverStar.com VancouverStar.com [35][36]
PhoenixHerald.com PhoenixHerald.com [35][36]
RussiaHerald.com RussiaHerald.com [35][36]
CambodianTimes.com CambodianTimes.com [35][36]
indiasnews.net indiasnews.net [35][36]
zimbabwenews.net zimbabwenews.net [35][36]
sierraleonetimes.com sierraleonetimes.com [35][36]
World News Network worldnewsnetwork.net [35][36]
Los Angeles Evening Despatch [35][36]
British News Network [35][36]
Washington DC Despatch [35][36]
Wisconsin Journal [35][36]
Sri Lanka Island News [35][36]
Westminister Times [35][36]
Japan Times Today japantimestoday.com Spoof of The Japan Times. [35][36]
South China Herald southchinaherald.news Spoof of the South China Morning Post. [35][36]
Wall Street Sentinel wallstreetsentinel.news Spoof of The Wall Street Journal. [35][36]
New York Despatch [35][36]
Toronto Sun Times [35][36]
UAE Times [35][36]

Other campaigns

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
The Disinfo Lab thedisinfolab.org Owned by an officer of India's foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing. [44][45]

Iran

[edit]

Endless Mayfly

[edit]

Endless Mayfly, dubbed by Citizen Lab, is an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign of inauthentic social media accounts and fake news websites that, according to Citizen Lab, "spreads falsehoods and amplifies narratives critical of Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Israel."[46] It is notable for using a technique that Citizen Lab described as "ephemeral disinformation": When an article from the campaign received significant engagement on social media, it was deleted and URLs were linked to the website that the article was falsely portraying.[46]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
addustuor.com addustuor.com Spoof of Addustour. [46]
xn--aljaeera-4t0d.net xn--aljaeera-4t0d.net Spoofing of Al Jazeera. Likely part of an active measures campaign by the Russian government in 2017. Also part of Endless Mayfly, an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign. [46][47]
al-jazirah.org al-jazirah.org Spoof of Al Jazeera. [46]
al-shargh.com al-shargh.com Spoof of Al Sharq. [46]
al-watan.co al-watan.co Spoof of Al-Watan. [46]
alarabyia.org alarabyia.org Spoof of Al Arabiya. [46]
alettehad.net alettehad.net Spoof of Al-Ittihad. [46]
aliraq-news.com aliraq-news.com [46]
aljlazeera.com aljlazeera.com Spoof of Al Jazeera. [46]
xn--alnaaregypt-cm8e.com xn--alnaaregypt-cm8e.com Spoof of Al-Nahar. [46]
alryiadh.com alryiadh.com Spoof of Al Riyadh. [46]
alwatannewspaper.net alwatannewspaper.net Spoof of Al-Watan. [46]
xn--arab21-6va.com xn--arab21-6va.com Spoof of Arabi21. [46]
theatlatnic.com theatlatnic.com Spoofing of The Atlantic. Likely part of an active measures campaign by the Russian government in 2017. Also part of Endless Mayfly, an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign. [46][47]
bbc-Arabic.com bbc-Arabic.com Spoof of BBC Arabic. [46]
belfercenter.net belfercenter.net Spoof of Belfer Center. Falsely claims that Avigdor Lieberman was fired by Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 for being a Russian agent. [46]
bloomberq.com bloomberq.com Spoof of Bloomberg.com. [46]
braekingisraelnews.com braekingisraelnews.com Spoof of Breaking Israel News. [46]
breakingisraelnews.net breakingisraelnews.net Spoof of Breaking Israel News. [46]
brusslestimes.com brusslestimes.com Spoof of The Brussels Times. [46]
budapestbaecon.com budapestbaecon.com Spoof of The Budapest Beacon. [46]
bundesergierung.de bundesergierung.de Spoof of the official Bundesregierung website. [46]
xn--c-wpma.com xn--c-wpma.com Spoof of CNN. [46]
com-news-world.site com-news-world.site Spoof of the BBC. [46]
com-users.info com-users.info [46]
dawalhaq.com dawalhaq.com [46]
daylisabah.com daylisabah.com Spoof of the Daily Sabah. [46]
democraticcoalition.net democraticcoalition.net [46]
xn--etik-k54a.com xn--etik-k54a.com Spoof of Detik. [46]
elwataannews.com elwataannews.com Spoof of El Watan News. [46]
xn--emaraalyoum-1b9e.com xn--emaraalyoum-1b9e.com Spoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
emaratallyoum.com emaratallyoum.com Spoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
emaratalyuom.com emaratalyuom.com Spoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
foreignpoilcy.com foreignpoilcy.com Spoof of Foreign Policy. [46]
foriegnpolicy.net foriegnpolicy.net Spoof of Foreign Policy. [46]
xn--frace24-mkb.com xn--frace24-mkb.com Spoof of France 24. [46]
theglobeandmail.org theglobeandmail.org Spoof of The Globe and Mail. [46]
thaguardian.com thaguardian.com Spoof of The Guardian. [46]
theguaradian.com theguaradian.com Spoof of The Guardian. [46]
xn--theguardan-4ub.com xn--theguardan-4ub.com Spoofing of The Guardian that uses an IDN homograph attack in which the "i" in the "guardian" is replaced by the Turkish character "ı". Contains fabricated quotes from John Scarlett that suggest CIA and MI6 involvement in the Rose Revolution to weaken Russia. Likely part of an active measures campaign by the Russian government in 2017. Also part of Endless Mayfly, an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign. [46][47]
xn--theguardia-dq2e.com xn--theguardia-dq2e.com Spoof of The Guardian. [46]
haaaretz.com haaaretz.com Spoof of Haaretz. [46]
xn--haarez-m17b.com xn--haarez-m17b.com Spoofing of Haaretz. Likely part of an active measures campaign by the Russian government in 2017. Also part of Endless Mayfly, an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign. [46][47]
theheraldscotland.com theheraldscotland.com Spoof of The Herald Scotland. [46]
xn--huffngtonpost-69b.com xn--huffngtonpost-69b.com Spoof of the Huffington Post that uses an IDN homograph attack, replacing "i" with "ı". [46]
xn--ndependent-77a.com xn--ndependent-77a.com Spoof of The Independent. [46]
indepnedent.co indepnedent.co Typosquatting spoof of The Independent. [46]
israelhayom.net israelhayom.net Spoof of Israel Hayom. [46]
xn--sraelinarabic-29b.com xn--sraelinarabic-29b.com Spoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
xn--israelinarabi-ugb.com xn--israelinarabi-ugb.com Spoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
israellinarabic.com israellinarabic.com Spoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
israelnationalnews.co israelnationalnews.co Spoof of Israel National News. [46]
israelnationalnews.net israelnationalnews.net Spoof of Israel National News. [46]
jerusaleimonline.com jerusaleimonline.com Spoof of Jerusalem Online. [46]
thejerusalempost.org thejerusalempost.org Spoof of The Jerusalem Post. [46]
lesoir.info lesoir.info Spoof of Le Soir. Part of Endless Mayfly, an Iran-affiliated disinformation campaign. Also used to spread a false claim about Emmanuel Macron's campaign being funded by Saudi Arabia during the 2017 French Presidential Election. [46][48]
xn--telocal-xt3c.com xn--telocal-xt3c.com Spoof of The Local. [46]
mesralarabiya.com mesralarabiya.com Spoof of MasrAlarabia. [46]
mintpressnevvs.com mintpressnevvs.com Spoof of MintPress News. [46]
nationalepost.com nationalepost.com Spoof of National Post. [46]
xn--nationmaser-5b9e.com xn--nationmaser-5b9e.com Spoof of NationMaster. [46]
policito.com policito.com Spoof of Politico. [46]
xn--plitico-d5b.com xn--plitico-d5b.com Spoof of Politico. [46]
xn--r-2rm.com xn--r-2rm.com Spoof of RT. [46]
sharjah24.co sharjah24.co Spoof of Sharjah24. [46]
shoruknews.com shoruknews.com Spoof of Al-Shorouk. [46]
speigel.net speigel.net Spoof of Der Spiegel. [46]
timesoffisrael.com timesoffisrael.com Spoof of The Times of Israel. [46]
timesofisraeil.com timesofisraeil.com Spoof of The Times of Israel. [46]
xn--wa-exs.com xn--wa-exs.com Spoof of Emirates News Agency. [46]
waradena.com waradena.com Spoof of Waradana. [46]
washnigtonexaminer.com washnigtonexaminer.com Spoof of The Washington Examiner. [46]

International Union of Virtual Media (IUVM)

[edit]

The International Union of Virtual Media is described by the Atlantic Council as "a cluster of ostensibly independent websites that aggressively repackaged and re-broadcast Iranian state media",[49] without citation.[50] The network has been taken down by Facebook, Twitter, and Google for coordinated inauthentic behavior.[50]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
iuvm.org iuvm.org Seized by the United States federal government in 2020. [51][52]
IUVMApp [53][49]
IUVM Archive iuvmarchive.com [50]
iuvmdaily.com iuvmdaily.com [50]
iuvmonline.com iuvmonline.com [50]
IUVM Pixel iuvmpixel.com [50][53]
IUVM Press iuvmpress.com Seized by the United States federal government in 2020. [50][52][51][53][49]
IUVM TV iuvmtv.com Seized by the United States federal government in 2020. [50][52]

Storm-2035

[edit]

Storm-2035, dubbed by Microsoft Threat Analysis Center in August 2024, is attributed by Microsoft researchers to "an Iranian network" and described by them as a collection of fake news websites that has been active since at least 2020 and has targeted both conservative and liberal audiences in the United States.[54] At least some of their content has been alleged by Microsoft to be created by generative artificial intelligence models to repost content from United States-based news outlets without attribution.[54] Such outlets include The Guardian, The Week, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times.[55][56] An investigation from OpenAI found that the network used ChatGPT to generate articles and social media comments.[57] A network of social media accounts that promoted one of the sites was taken down in 2022 by Twitter for coordinated inauthentic behavior.[54]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
EvenPolitics evenpolitics.com [54][55][56][57]
Nio Thinker niothinker.com [58][54][57]
Savannah Time savannahtime.com [58][54][57]
Teorator teorator.com [57]
Westland Sun westlandsun.com [57]

Other campaigns

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
AWDNews awdnews.com Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Minister of Defence of Pakistan, warned Israel of nuclear retaliation on Twitter after a false story claiming that Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Ministry of Defense, said "If Pakistan send ground troops into Syria on any pretext, we will destroy this country with a nuclear attack."[59][60]

Seized by the United States federal government in 2020.

[59][61][53][62]
The British Left britishleft.com Masquerades as a United Kingdom-based news outlet. [61][63]
Critics Chronicle criticschronicle.com Masquerades as a United Kingdom-based news outlet. [61][63]
Instituto Manquehue institutomanquehue.org Masquerades as a Latin America-based NGO. [61][63]
Liberty Front Press libertyfrontpress.com Masquerades as a United States-based news outlet. [61][63]
Real Progressive Front rpfront.com Masquerades as a United States-based news outlet and NGO. [61][63]
US Journal usjournal.net Masquerades as a United States-based news outlet. [61][63]

Israel

[edit]

Zeno Zeno

[edit]

Starting in October 2023, the Israeli government via the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs supported what the New York Times and Haaretz described as an "influence campaign" that primarily targeted Black lawmakers in the Democratic Party, as well as young left-leaning residents of the United States and Canada.[64][65] The ministry hired Stoic, an Israeli political marketing firm, to conduct the operation,[64][65] dubbed Zeno Zeno by OpenAI.[66] Social media accounts and pages linked to the campaign were taken down by Meta in 2024 for coordinated inauthentic behavior,[67][64] including the use of profile pictures created by generative adversarial networks and possibly hijacked accounts.[68] Many social media posts from the campaign were created by ChatGPT.[64]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Arab Slave Trade arabslavetrade.wiki Copied from Wikipedia. Targeted Black Americans to spread the message of Arab involvement in the slave trade in Africa. [65][67]
The Good Samaritan the-good-samaritan.com Per Haaretz, a site that "mapped and ranked American universities according to the amount of alleged antisemitic incidents on their campuses and whether it was safe for Jews to study there."[65] Promoted by Non-Agenda. [65][67]
The Moral Alliance moral-alliance.com Described by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]".[67] Redirected to The Good Samaritan website. [67][69][70][68]
moralalliance.co
Non-Agenda nonagenda.com Described by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]".[67] [64][67][70][68]
Serenity Now! serenitynow.today Posed as an anarchist website. [65][67]
The Human Fellowship thehumanfellowship.co Linked to The Moral Alliance. [67]
Unfold Magazine ufnews.io Described by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]".[67] [64][67][70]
United Citizens for Canada uc4canada.com Targeting a Canadian audience, published content widely described as Islamophobic. [65][67][68]

Italy

[edit]
Name Domain Status Notes Sources
ByoBlu byoblu.com Spread false claims about contact tracing applications used during the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded by former communication lead of the Five Star Movement.

Published deceptive information circulated on Twitter, spreading disinformation in the context of the 2019 European elections.

[31][71][72]
Il Primato Nazionale ilprimatonazionale.it Spread false information about Italian government policy with respect to immigrants and COVID-19. Linked to CasaPound. [31][73][74]
La Cosa la-cosa.it Setup by the Five Star Movement. [75]
La Fucina lafucina.it Setup by the Five Star Movement.

Falsely claimed that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Ukrainian pilot.

[75][76]
TzeTze tzetze.it Setup by the Five Star Movement. [75]

Mexico

[edit]
Name Domain Status Notes Sources
elpoderdelsaber.com elpoderdelsaber.com Associated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. Published death hoax about Carmen Aristegui. [77]
elviejosabio.com elviejosabio.com Associated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [77]
sevenaldia.com sevenaldia.com Associated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [77]
telodijeyo.com telodijeyo.com Associated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [77]

Myanmar

[edit]
Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Tatmadaw Media Group tatmadawmediagroup.com Linked to members of the Tatmadaw. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [78]

Nigeria

[edit]
Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Aso Villa News asovillanews.xyz Owned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [79]
Exclusive103 exclusive103.com Per Africa Check and DUBAWA. Owned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [79][80][81][82]
I News imocitytv.com Owned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [79]

Pakistan

[edit]
Name Domain Status Notes Sources
CJ Post cjpost.co.uk Linked to AlphaPro, a Pakistani public relations firm, which also has ties to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistani military. Part of a network of social media accounts and pages that was taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. A separate network of accounts and pages that was alleged to be linked to the ISPR was taken down by Facebook in 2019. [83]

People's Republic of China

[edit]

HaiEnergy

[edit]

Shanghai Haixun Technology Co., Ltd (上海海讯社科技有限公司), a Chinese public relations firm, is linked to an influence campaign (titled "HaiEnergy" by Mandiant) to promote positive energy, which Mandiant defines as "messages positively portraying the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Chinese Government, and its policies."[84] Mandiant alleged that the firm had possibly staged protests in Washington D.C. in 2022 involving religious freedom and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.[85]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
24 News 24usnews.com [84]
Aisa Korea aisakorea.com [84]
All City Times allcitytimes.com [84]
Anna Times annatimes.com [84]
Austria Weekly austriaweekly.com [84]
Charm Daily charmdaily.com [84]
Czech Weekly czechweekly.com [84]
Director Times directortimes.com [84]
Donga Daily dongadaily.com [84]
Egypt Daily egyptdaily.org [84]
Elec Daily elecdaily.com [84]
Espana Daily espanadaily.com [84]
Eur Times eutimes.fr [84]
Exactly News exactlynews.com [84]
E.MP finance.austriaweekly.com [84]
Finance.TZ finance.thaibizdaily.com [84]
Finland Weekly finlandweekly.com [84]
Focus on Russia automobile.trademarksdaily.com [84]
財富台灣 caifutw.com [84]
FT Voice finance.thewarsawvoice.com [84]
Hani Daily hanidaily.com [84]
Hanna Press hannapress.com [84]
Health Latest Job News health.latestjobnews.in [84]
香港日報 hkdaily.net [84]
香港週報 weeklyhongkong.com [84]
Huabei Daily vn.huabeidaily.com [84]
Hurriyet Business hurriyetbusiness.com [84]
Inspect News inspectnews.com [84]
Jakarta Globe jakartaglobe.org [84]
Joins Da markets.joinsdaily.com [84]
The Korea Times thekoreatimes.org [84]
KR Economy kreconomy.com [84]
KR Pop Star krpopstar.com [84]
Latest Job News latestjobnews.in [84]
Lehua Times lehuatimes.com [84]
Lori Times loritimes.com [84]
Mecha Times mechatimes.com [84]
Moscow TV moscowtv.vip [84]
Nanyang Daily nanyangdaily.com [84]
Nets Bay netsbay.com [84]
New Delhi News newdelhinews.club [84]
New York City Morning Post nycmorning.com [84]
NGR Daily nigeriacom.com [84]
NZL Daily newzealandgazette.com [84]
Portugal Daily portugaldaily.com [84]
Qatar Daily qatardaily.org [84]
RAND Daily randdaily.com [84]
RU Business rubusiness.club [84]
RU Industrial ruindustrial.com [84]
Russian Daily russiadaily.org [84]
Russian Daily therussiadaily.com [84]
Sain Times saintimes.com [84]
Saudi Weekly saudiweekly.com [84]
Seoul Daily seouldaily.org [84]
Startup India Magazine startupindiamagazine.com [84]
Swiss Weekly swissweekly.com [84]
Swiss Zeitung swisszeitung.com [84]
台灣焦點 hotintaiwan.com [84]
TH Truth thtruth.com [84]
The Thailands thethailands.com [84]
TMK Daily trademarksdaily.com [84]
Toyo Times toyotimes.com [84]
Unsee News unseenews.com [84]
The Warsaw Voice thewarsawvoice.com [84]
Yarl Times yarltimes.com [84]
Yasu Daily yasudaily.com [84]
Times Newswire timesnewswire.com Linked to both HaiEnergy and PAPERWALL influence operations. [85][86]
World Newswire wdwire.com [85]
The Arizona Republic finance.azcentral.com [85]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette markets.post-gazette.com [85]
Starkville Daily News business.starkvilledailynews.com [85]
The Kane Republican business.kanerepublican.com [85]
Sweetwater Reporter business.sweetwaterreporter.com [85]
The Daily Press business.smdailypress.com [85]
Poteau Daily News business.poteaudailynews.com [85]
The Call business.woonsocketcall.com [85]
Mammoth Times business.mammothtimes.com [85]
The Evening Leader business.theeveningleader.com [85]
The Post and Mail business.thepostandmail.com [85]
My Mother Lode money.mymotherlode.com [85]
The Inyo Register business.inyoregister.com [85]
The Punxsutawney Spirit business.punxsutawneyspirit.com [85]
Borger New-Herald business.borgernewsherald.com [85]
The Times business.pawtuckettimes.com [85]
Statesman Examiner business.statesmanexaminer.com [85]
Decatur Daily Democrat business.decaturdailydemocrat.com [85]
The Pilot News business.thepilotnews.com [85]
The Newport Daily Express business.newportvermontdailyexpress.com [85]
Malvern Daily Record business.malvern-online.com [85]
Southern Rhode Island Newspapers business.ricentral.com [85]
Wapakoneta Daily News business.wapakdailynews.com [85]
Times Record business.times-online.com [85]
The Guymon Daily Herald business.guymondailyherald.com [85]
Daily Times Leader business.dailytimesleader.com [85]
The Ridgway Record business.ridgwayrecord.com [85]
Big Spring Herald business.bigspringherald.com [85]
The Observer News Enterprise business.observernewsonline.com [85]
The Saline Courier business.bentoncourier.com [85]
The Buffalo News markets.buffalonews.com [85]
The Community Post business.minstercommunitypost.com [85]

PAPERWALL

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Shenzhen Haimaiyunxiang Media Co., Ltd., a Chinese public relations firm, is linked to an influence campaign (titled "PAPERWALL" by Citizen Lab) to "[disseminate] pro-Beijing disinformation and ad hominem attacks".[86] Citizen Lab concludes that their analysis "[confirms] the increasingly important role private firms play in the realm of digital influence operations and the propensity of the Chinese government to make use of them."[86]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
usa-aa.com usa-aa.com [86]
doloreshoy.co doloreshoy.co [86]
splinsider.com splinsider.com [86]
garagumsowda.com garagumsowda.com [86]
laplatapost.com laplatapost.com [86]
lujanexpresar.com lujanexpresar.com [86]
wienbuzz.com wienbuzz.com [86]
boicpost.com boicpost.com [86]
brasilindustry.com brasilindustry.com [86]
brmingpao.com brmingpao.com [86]
financeiropost.com financeiropost.com [86]
goiasmine.com goiasmine.com [86]
pauloexpressar.com pauloexpressar.com [86]
pernambucostar.com pernambucostar.com [86]
rioninepage.com rioninepage.com [86]
swisshubnews.com swisshubnews.com [86]
sanrafaelscoop.com sanrafaelscoop.com [86]
martapost.com martapost.com [86]
bohemiadaily.com bohemiadaily.com [86]
frankfurtsta.com frankfurtsta.com [86]
munichnp.com munichnp.com [86]
dkindustry.co dkindustry.co [86]
lguazu.com lguazu.com [86]
andregaceta.com andregaceta.com [86]
cordovapress.org cordovapress.org [86]
Sevilla Times sevillatimes.com [86]
tarragonapost.com tarragonapost.com [86]
guellherald.com guellherald.com [86]
suomiexpress.com suomiexpress.com [86]
frnewsfeed.com frnewsfeed.com [86]
froneplus.com froneplus.com [86]
friendlyparis.com friendlyparis.com [86]
alpsbiz.com alpsbiz.com [86]
economyfr.com economyfr.com [86]
eiffelpost.com eiffelpost.com [86]
fftribune.com fftribune.com [86]
louispress.org louispress.org [86]
provencedaily.com provencedaily.com [86]
rmtcityfr.com rmtcityfr.com [86]
doyletimes.com doyletimes.com [86]
Napoli Money napolimoney.com [86][87]
Italia Finanziarie italiafinanziarie.com [86][87]
Milano Moda Weekly milanomodaweekly.com [86][87]
Roma Journal romajournal.org [86][87]
Torino Human torinohuman.com [86][87]
Venezia Post veneziapost.com [86][87]
dy-press.com dy-press.com [86]
Fujiyama Times fujiyamatimes.com [86]
fukuitoday.com fukuitoday.com [86]
fukuoka-ken.com fukuoka-ken.com [86]
ginzadaily.com ginzadaily.com [86]
hokkaidotr.com hokkaidotr.com [86]
kanagawa-ken.com kanagawa-ken.com [86]
meiji-mura.com meiji-mura.com [86]
nihondaily.com nihondaily.com [86]
nikkonews.com nikkonews.com [86]
saitama-ken.com saitama-ken.com [86]
sendaishimbun.com sendaishimbun.com [86]
tokushima-ken.com tokushima-ken.com [86]
tokyobuilder.com tokyobuilder.com [86]
yamatocore.com yamatocore.com [86]
bucheontech.com bucheontech.com [86]
busanonline.com busanonline.com [86]
cctimes.org cctimes.org [86]
chungjutravel.com chungjutravel.com [86]
chungnamonline.com chungnamonline.com [86]
daegujournal.com daegujournal.com [86]
daejeontraffic.com daejeontraffic.com [86]
gangwonculture.com gangwonculture.com [86]
gwangjuedu.com gwangjuedu.com [86]
gyeonggidaily.com gyeonggidaily.com [86]
gyeongpe.com gyeongpe.com [86]
incheonfocus.com incheonfocus.com [86]
jejutr.com jejutr.com [86]
jeontoday.com jeontoday.com [86]
krectimes.com krectimes.com [86]
seoulpr.com seoulpr.com [86]
ulsanindustry.com ulsanindustry.com [86]
gauljournal.com gauljournal.com [86]
olmecpress.com olmecpress.com [86]
teotihuacaneco.com teotihuacaneco.com [86]
xochimilcolife.com xochimilcolife.com [86]
greaterdutch.com greaterdutch.com [86]
nlpress.org nlpress.org [86]
vikingun.org vikingun.org [86]
bydgoszczdaily.com bydgoszczdaily.com [86]
wawelexpress.com wawelexpress.com [86]
ptnavigat.com ptnavigat.com [86]
baleadimineata.com baleadimineata.com [86]
rogazette.com rogazette.com [86]
aksaydaily.com aksaydaily.com [86]
ekaterintech.com ekaterintech.com [86]
findmoscow.com findmoscow.com [86]
gorodbusiness.com gorodbusiness.com [86]
kazanculture.com kazanculture.com [86]
rostovlife.com rostovlife.com [86]
samaraindustry.com samaraindustry.com [86]
stptb.org stptb.org [86]
tulunet.com tulunet.com [86]
volgogradpost.com volgogradpost.com [86]
balasaguntimes.com balasaguntimes.com [86]
ismoili.com ismoili.com [86]
buranadaily.com buranadaily.com [86]
wakhan.org wakhan.org [86]
luddpress.com luddpress.com [86]
kopetbiz.com kopetbiz.com [86]
balasagunherald.com balasagunherald.com [86]
taurustimes.com taurustimes.com [86]
anadoluha.com anadoluha.com [86]
araratdaily.com araratdaily.com [86]
cappadociapost.org cappadociapost.org [86]
bmhtoday.com bmhtoday.com [86]
benmorning.com benmorning.com [86]
britishft.com britishft.com [86]
conanfinance.com conanfinance.com [86]
deiniolnews.com deiniolnews.com [86]
euleader.org euleader.org [86]
glasgowtr.com glasgowtr.com [86]
londonclup.com londonclup.com [86]
ulstergrowth.com ulstergrowth.com [86]
vtnay.org vtnay.org [86]
wdpp.org wdpp.org [86]
updatenews.info updatenews.info [86]

Happytify network (歡享網)

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Happytify / Huanxiangwang happytify.cc A content farm network by a Chinese marketing firm, Wuwei Technologies (無為科技). Accused of plagiarism from major news outlets. Posted anti-Democratic Progressive Party articles that were described in a joint report by Graphika, Institute for the Future and the International Republican Institute as "sensational and false".[88] Seen by researchers as an example of "cognitive warfare" by the Chinese government.[89] [88][90][89]

Philippines

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Fake news sites have become rampant for Philippine audiences, especially being shared on social media.[91] Politicians have started filing laws to combat fake news[92][93] and three Senate hearings have been held on the topic.[94][95][96]

The Catholic Church in the Philippines has also released a missive speaking out against it.[97]

Vera Files research at the end of 2017 and 2018 show that the most shared fake news in the Philippines appeared to benefit 2 people the most: Former President Rodrigo Duterte (as well as his allies) and President Bongbong Marcos, with the most viral news driven by shares on networks of Facebook pages.[98] Most Philippine audience Facebook pages and groups spreading online disinformation also bear "Duterte", "Marcos" or "News" in their names and are pro-Duterte.[99] Online disinformation in the Philippines is overwhelmingly political as well, with most attacking groups or individuals critical of the Duterte administration.[100] Many Philippine-audience fake news websites also appear to be controlled by the same operators as they share common Google AdSense and Google Analytics IDs.[99]

According to media scholar Jonathan Corpus Ong, Duterte's presidential campaign is regarded as the patient zero in the current era of disinformation, having preceded widespread global coverage of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian trolls.[101] Fake news is so established and severe in the Philippines that Facebook's Global Politics and Government Outreach Director Katie Harbath also calls it "patient zero"[102] in the global misinformation epidemic, having happened before Brexit, the Donald Trump nomination and the 2016 United States elections.[103]

Republic of China

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Mission (密訊)

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Mission is a content farm that has repeatedly published false information and republished or rephrased stories from other outlets, especially the China Times.[104][105] It is connected to Lin Cheng-kuo (林正國), a former assistant for Wang Ping-chung (王炳忠), a spokesperson for the New Party.[88][104][105] The network uses "link wheeling" to manipulate search engine rankings by Google and Bing, and repeatedly switched domain names to get ahead of bans by Facebook (including the use of beeper.live, a content farm in Malaysia). Mission has promoted content from The Reacher (觸極者), a site also run by Lin, and both sites in turn promoted a China-Taiwan exchange program jointly managed by the Taiwan Affairs Office, several state-run media outlets in China (China Media Group, iTaiwan News Network (海峽飛虹中文網), Huaxia.net (華夏經緯網), Sichuan Daily New Media Centre (四川日報新媒體中心)), and a private media company based in Taiwan.[104][105]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Mission (密訊) Mission.tw [88]
Mission (密訊) pplomo.com [88][104][105]
Mission (密訊) mission-tw.com [104][105]
Mission (密訊) missiback.com [88][104][105]
Mission (密訊) mission-hosti.com [88][104][105]
Mission (密訊) tiksomo.com [88][104][105]
Mission (密訊) gufunnews.com [88]
Mission (密訊) new.mission-tw.com [88]
Mission (密訊) gaochuji.com [88]
Mission (密訊) mission-new.com [88]
Mission (密訊) tiksomo.com [88]
Mission (密訊) falotat.com [88]
Mission (密訊) osometalk.com [88]
Mission (密訊) itaiwan.mission-tw.com [88]

Russia

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South Africa

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Radical Economic Transformation media network

[edit]

A network of websites, dubbed the Radical Economic Transformation media network by the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting[106] and described by journalists as "disinformation"[107] and "propaganda"[107][108], promoted the concept of white monopoly capital and repeatedly and anonymously attacked Cyril Ramaphosa, journalists, opposition politicians and other critics of the Gupta family, Jacob Zuma and their associates.[107] The sites were registered by CNET Infosystem, an Indian reputation management firm that is linked to the Gupta family, who had close ties with Zuma.[107] As of 2017, they received nearly all of their web traffic from users in India, and were linked to pro-Gupta and pro-Zuma Twitter accounts whose posts were retweeted by bot accounts.[107] This network of websites and social media assets also included media outlets owned by the Gupta family: ANN7 and The New Age.[108] The overall social media strategy was analyzed by Bell Pottinger, who was contracted by the Gupta family.[108] The New York Times noted that, due to the disinformation campaign, "racial tensions [in South Africa] rose to levels that had not been felt since apartheid" and asserted that the campaign significantly damaged the cause of advancing economic equality for Black South Africans.[108]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
dodgysaministers.com dodgysaministers.com [107]
fakeguptaleaks.com fakeguptaleaks.com [107]
publicopinion.co.za publicopinion.co.za [107]
southafricabuzz.co.za southafricabuzz.co.za [107]
whitemonopoly.com whitemonopoly.com [107]
whitemonopolyafrica.com whitemonopolyafrica.com [107]
whitemonopolycapital.com whitemonopolycapital.com [107]
WMC Leaks wmcleaks.com Per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [107][109][108][110]
WMC Scams wmcscams.com [107][108]
wmc-scams.com wmc-scams.com [107]

Spain

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Euskal News euskalnews.com Connected to Basque politician David Pasarin-Gegunde. Described by ProPublica as "a Google publishing partner that mixes anti-immigrant content and vaccine disinformation with warnings of an impending globalist and EU takeover."[6] A 2022 analysis by ProPublica found many advertisements that had been placed by Google, which were removed upon contact by ProPublica. [6]

Sweden

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Nya Dagbladet nyadagbladet.se Identified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news".[73] Reportedly linked to Nationaldemokraterna. Accused of spreading anti-vaccine misinformation, Holocaust denial, and the white genocide conspiracy theory. Promoted a document falsely alleged to be from the RAND Corporation. [73][111][112]
Nyheter Idag nyheteridag.se Identified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news".[73] Closely associated with the Sweden Democrats. Founded by Chang Frick, who is described as "a former Sweden Democrat official"[113] and has also worked for RT. Connected to Kent Ekeroth and Jeppe Juhl. Owned by Ilan Sadé. [73][113][114][115]
Samnytt samnytt.se Identified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news".[73] Works with AdStyle, which uses ads with fictitious celebrity endorsements. Closely associated with the Sweden Democrats, receiving donations from Kent Ekeroth. A writer for the site who used to work for the Sweden Democrats was denied parliamentary press accreditation after Swedish security police concluded that he was associated with Russian intelligence. [73][114][116][117][113][115]

Tanzania

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Between 2020 and 2021, a network of Twitter accounts was used by "[Tanzanian-]government aligned individuals" supportive of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to harass activists, journalists, and Tanzanian opposition politicians. The campaign was possibly "partially outsourced to a Russian-speaking country", and involved false copyright campaigns: Twitter content that criticized the CCM party was added to blog sites (listed below) and back dated, and then the original content was reported to Twitter under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This network was suspended by Twitter in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior.[118]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
AfricaTopNews africatopnews.blogspot.com [118]
Covid Tanzania covidtanzania.wordpress.com [118]
NewsTzOlivia newstzolivia.wordpress.com [118]

Tunisia

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Operation Carthage

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An influence operation, dubbed Operation Carthage by the Digital Forensics Research Lab, was conducted in an attempt to influence the 2019 Tunisian presidential election. The operation was conducted by UReputation, a Tunisian public relations firm linked to Lotfi Bel Hadj. The campaign had also attempted to influence politics in Comoros (2019 Comorian presidential election), Côte D'Ivoire (2020 Ivorian presidential election), and Togo (2020 Togolese presidential election). The company also had assets in Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Madagascar, Niger, and Senegal. Related social media accounts and pages were taken down by Facebook in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior.[119]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Actu France Actu-France.com Has blank "About Page". [119]
Afrika News afrika-news.com Journalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. Supportive of Faure Gnassingbé. [119]
Afrikan Post afrikanpost.fr Has similar website design as Revue de l'Afrique and Afrika News. Journalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. Copies content from other news websites. [119]
Eco Mag eco-mag.com Journalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. [119]
Fake News Checking fakenewschecking.com Connected to UReputation. Presented itself as a fact-checking outlet. [119]
Le Muslim Post lemuslimpost.com Funded by Lotfi Bel Hadj. [119]
Maghreb Info Maghreb-Info.com Has similar website design as Revue de l’Afrique and Afrika News. Journalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. Supportive of Nabil Karoui. [119]
Revue de L'Afrique revue-afrique.com Journalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. Supportive of Faure Gnassingbé. [119]

Ukraine

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Begemot.com Begemot.com Linked to Andrii Derkach, Petro Zhuravel, and political consultants tied to Volodymyr Groysman and Oleh Kulinich. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [23]
Begemot.media Begemot.media Linked to Andrii Derkach, Petro Zhuravel, and political consultants tied to Volodymyr Groysman and Oleh Kulinich. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [23]
Begemot.news Begemot.news Linked to Andrii Derkach, Petro Zhuravel, and political consultants tied to Volodymyr Groysman and Oleh Kulinich. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [23]
thickpolicy.media thickpolicy.media Linked to Andrii Derkach, Petro Zhuravel, and political consultants tied to Volodymyr Groysman and Oleh Kulinich. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [23]

Luhansk

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The following websites are part of a network that has been alleged to have links to NewsFront, Borotba, and individuals in Russian-occupied Luhansk. Related social media accounts were taken down by Facebook in 2021 for coordinated inauthentic behavior.[120]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
capitalnews.us capitalnews.us [120]
Le Tarde Republicana Tarde-republicana.es [120][121]
esrepublica.es esrepublica.es [120]
tribuno-popolare.it tribuno-popolare.it [120]
bagimsizbasin.info.tr bagimsizbasin.info.tr [120]
Szeged Hírek szegedhir.eu [120][121]
incident24-7.ru incident24-7.ru [120]
massmedia24.com massmedia24.com [120]
9may.org 9may.org [120]
hadashot-erev.info hadashot-erev.info [120]
Pravdorub pravdorub.md [120][121]
Echo of Moldova eho.md [120]
Echo of Moldova ehomd.info [120]
Kyrgyzstan Echo ehokg.org Journalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [120]
Kyrgyzstan Echo ehokg.info Journalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [120]
Kazakhstan Echo ehonews.kz Journalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [120]
24-7 News 24-7news.eu Copied content from Euronews, NewsFront and The Epoch Times. Promoted a claim accusing Ukraine of environmental pollution, which Graphika described as a "trope of Russian propaganda, Ukraine as a nuclear disaster".[120] [120][121]
britisherald.org.uk britisherald.org.uk Promoted a claim accusing Ukraine of environmental pollution, which Graphika described as a "trope of Russian propaganda, Ukraine as a nuclear disaster".[120] [120]
European group of action 'Ecology and peace' ecoandpeace.eu [120]
Abendlich Hamburg abend-hamburg.de Defunct [120][121]
The Capital News capital-news.org.uk Accused by Graphika of information laundering. [120][121]
summurynews.com summurynews.com Alleged by Die Welt and netzpolitik.org to be a "sister" site for NewsFront.[120][121] [120][121]
central.Asia-news.com central.Asia-news.com [120][121]
Courrier Parisien parisien-courrier.fr [121]
Infoprof infoprof.su [121]

United Arab Emirates

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
iraqonlinenews.com iraqonlinenews.com According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. [27]
Somalianow somalianow.com According to Digital Forensics Research Lab, linked to Newave, a public relations and marketing firm based in the United Arab Emirates. According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. [27][122]
mauritanialive.com mauritanialive.com According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Includes an Emirati flag in its banner, which, according to the Stanford Internet Obsevrtory, suggests a connection to the United Arab Emirates. [27]
Palastine Alyoum palestinealyoum.com According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. [27]
moroccosnews.com moroccosnews.com According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. [27]
Algeria Today algeriatodays.com According to the Stanford Internet Observatory, linked to digital marketing firms DotDev (based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) and Smatt (based in Saudi Arabia). Related social media posts and accounts were removed and shut down by Facebook and Twitter between 2019-2020 over coordinated inauthentic behavior. Part of a network of website domains shared on Twitter posts from a state-sponsored disinformation campaign from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. [27]

United Kingdom

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
News-watch news-watch.co.uk Associated with Leave.EU, whose website is noted by DeSmog to solicit donations for News-watch. Publishes climate change denialism. [123]
Unity News Network unitynewsnetwork.co.uk Accused by the Global Disinformation Index of publishing climate change disinformation. Run by a youth leader of Ukip. Described by The Guardian as a "conspiracy theory website" in an article noting their role in the 2024 United Kingdom riots.[124] [125][126][124]

United States

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Prominent networks of sites by political campaigns in the United States include Courier, Local Report (connected to The American Independent), Metric Media (run by Brian Timpone), and Star News Digital Media (co-founded by Tea Party-affiliated activists.)[127][128][129][130][131][132][133]

Multinational

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Qiqi News Network

[edit]

Qiqi News Network is a content farm based in Malaysia, owned by Yee Kok Wai (余國威) and Evan Lee, that has been accused by researchers of publishing disinformation that favored the Chinese Communist Party prior to the 2020 Taiwanese general election, often spread over Line.[88][134][135] It spread a false story that COVID-19 originated in the United States.[88] The network was noted in a joint report by Graphika, Institute for the Future and the International Republican Institute to "[push] a worldview closely aligned with the CCP, frequently [use] mainland Chinese phrasings, and [recycle] articles from other news outlets, often Chinese state-owned media."[88] Several stories and website domains promoted by the network have been alleged, by Twitter and Audrey Tang of Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs to be linked directly to the government of the People's Republic of China.[88] At least one member of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party, Chang Dong-nan (張東南), joined Yee's Facebook group, Global Chinese Alliance (全球華人聯盟), in 2014.[134][135]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Qiqi News Network qiqi.today [88]
Qiqi News Network cnba.live [88]
Qiqi News Network kikis.xyz [88]
Qiqi News Network orgs.pub [88]
Qiqi News Network orgs.one [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqi77.online [88]
Qiqi News Network i77.today [88]
Qiqi News Network Mybezza.live [88]
Qiqi News Network orgs.host [88]
Qiqi News Network orgs.press [88]
Qiqi News Network twgreatdaily.live [88]
Qiqi News Network reurl.cc [88]
Qiqi News Network defense.rocks [88]
Qiqi News Network kikiz.xyz [88]
Qiqi News Network ititi.pro [88]
Qiqi News Network iqiqi.pro [88]
Qiqi News Network ikiki.xyz [88]
Qiqi News Network (KanWatch) kanwatch.best [88][134][135]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.com [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.site [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.club [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.live [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqis.net [88]
Qiqi News Network iqiqis.com [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.me [88]
Qiqi News Network yxfashao.com [88]
Qiqi News Network ptttube.com [88]
Qiqi News Network allqiqi.com [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqis.org [88]
Qiqi News Network newqiqi.com [88]
Qiqi News Network My-love.org [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.fun [88]
Qiqi News Network ilovestory.net [88]
Qiqi News Network lifehow.cc [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqu.world [88]
Qiqi News Network vivi81.com [88]
Qiqi News Network 7qiqi7.com [88]
Qiqi News Network iyiyi.online [88]
Qiqi News Network ixixi.pro [88]
Qiqi News Network ipipi.me [88]
Qiqi News Network klkq.site [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqis.xyz [88]
Qiqi News Network 7qi.site [88]
Qiqi News Network littlepet.cc [88]
Qiqi News Network funnytuu.com [88]
Qiqi News Network gamefan.cc [88]
Qiqi News Network dragontechs.live [88]
Qiqi News Network kanwatch.press [88]
Qiqi News Network qiqi.world [88][134][135]
Qiqi News Network lifeknowledge.com [88]
Qiqi News Network skh.world [88]
Qiqi News Network ipipi.co [88]
Jintian Toutiao (今天頭條) [134][135]
beeper.live beeper.live [88][134][135]
Qiqu News (奇趣網) [134][135]
Global Chinese Weather Union (全球華人風雲聯盟) globalcafyun.orgs.one [134][135]
Global Chinese Taiwan Union (全球華人台灣聯盟) globalct.orgs.one [134][135]
Huiqi Worldview (慧琪世界觀) [134][135]
Qiqi Military (琦琦看軍事) [134][135]
Qiqi Life (琪琪看生活) [134][135]
Qiqi News (琦琦看新聞) [134][135]
Ghost Island Mad News (鬼島狂新聞) taiwan-madnews.com [135][136]
Ghost Island Mad News (鬼島狂新聞) ghostislandmadnews.com [135][136]

Unknown

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Operation Red Card

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Operation Red Card, dubbed by Graphika, is part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. It was attributed by Facebook to aRep Global, a digital marketing firm in India. The campaign was asserted by Graphika to be "a case of online influence for hire, conducted at the behest of a geopolitical actor with concerns in the [Persian Gulf]."[137]

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Ask The Truth AskTruth24.com [137]
Manchester Weekly manchesterweeklyuk.wordpress.com [137]
Mirror Herald mirrorherald.com [137]
Raven Tribune raventribune.com [137][138]
True News Source truenewssource.com [137]

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