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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
Definition. Fake news websites deliberately publish hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation to drive web traffic inflamed by social media. [ 8][ 9][ 10] These sites are distinguished from news satire as fake news articles are usually fabricated to deliberately mislead readers, either for profit or more ambiguous reasons, such as disinformation ...
The New York Times has defined "fake news" on the internet as fictitious articles deliberately fabricated to deceive readers, generally with the goal of profiting through clickbait. [ 31] PolitiFact has described fake news as fabricated content designed to fool readers and subsequently made viral through the Internet to crowds that increase its ...
Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [ 135] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [ 136] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.
70 News. 70news.wordpress.com. A WordPress -hosted site that published a false news story, stating that Donald Trump had won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential election; the fake story rose to the top in searches for "final election results" on Google News . [8] [9] A Folha Brasil.
Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [ 1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [ 2][ 3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [ 4][ 5]
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 ...
Fake news sites have become rampant for Philippine audiences, especially being shared on social media. [383] Politicians have started filing laws to combat fake news [384] [385] and three Senate hearings have been held on the topic. [386] [387] [388] The Catholic Church in the Philippines has also released a missive speaking out against it. [389]