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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets. [1] [2] [3]
(The real KBOI site has since moved to a new domain, IdahoNews.com.) The sole purpose of the fake KBOI site was to spread an April Fool's Day joke regarding Justin Bieber being banned in the state. [157] [158] KCST7.com KCST7.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1] KF13.com KF13.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1] klponews.com klponews.com [23]
The Lapine – a satirical news site in Canada; Newslo.com and Politicalo.com – satirical articles based on actual events that provide a button readers can use to highlight the portions of an article that are real; American College of Pediatricians – publishes from an unscientific viewpoint; Other sites on the List of satirical news websites
One example cited was the false claim that Ukraine had claimed that the Polish city of Przemyśl was occupied by Poland. [176] In 2020 fake news websites related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been identified and officially labelled as such by the Polish Ministry of Health. [177]
The teenagers in Veles, for example, produced stories favoring both Trump and Clinton that earned them tens of thousands of dollars. [38] Some fake news providers seek to advance candidates they favor. The Romanian man who ran endingthefed.com, for example, claims that he started the site mainly to help Donald Trump's campaign. [15]
Untrustworthy tax preparers are a perennial entry on the IRS’ annual list of Dirty Dozen tax scams. They include “ghost preparers” who pop up during tax season, encourage taxpayers to claim ...
Satire site, per Snopes. False claims that Jimmy Carter had cured his cancer via medical marijuana had spread on social media. [9] [36] Seattle Tribune theseattletribune.com Possibly part of same network as Associated Media Coverage, another fake news site. [9] [8] Southend News Network: southendnewsnetwork.net Local satire site for Southend ...
The fake ID maker garnered over $1 million in Bitcoin, prosecutors said. He used images of "Thor" actor Chris Hemsworth to showcase IDs.