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

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
All About Algeriaallaboutalgeria.com [1]
La Gazette d'Algérielagazettedalgerie.com [1]

Argentina

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
La Derecha Diarioderechadiario.com.arA 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Report24report24.newsLinked 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
ATV atvbl.rsAccused 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Ceticismo Políticoceticismopolitico.orgAssociated with MBL. [10]
Diário Nacionalodiarionacional.comImposter news portal site in Brazil that is associated with MBL. [11] [12] [13]
odiarionacional.org
Jornal do País [11]
Jornalivrejornalivre.comAssociated 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
LifeSiteNews lifesitenews.comFounded by the Canadian political lobbyist organization Campaign Life Coalition. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Central African Republic

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Le Potentiel d'Afriquelepotentieldafrique.net [23] [22]
lafrique.infolafrique.info [22]
Alternanceafricaine.orgAlternanceafricaine.org [22]
ong-lcdaf.orgong-lcdaf.org [22]
paixetstabilite.orgpaixetstabilite.org [22]
afriqueengagee.comafriqueengagee.com [22]
afriqueactualite.infoafriqueactualite.info [22]
Lepanafricanisme.infoLepanafricanisme.info [22]
miroirdafrique.infomiroirdafrique.info [22]
lemondeactualite.infolemondeactualite.info [22]
leuropeafrique.infoleuropeafrique.info [22]
loccident.infoloccident.info [22]
lavoixdafrique.infolavoixdafrique.info [22]
lanouvelleduconti-nent.infolanouvelleduconti-nent.info [22]
lemondeenvrai.netlemondeenvrai.net [22]
lereveilafricain.infolereveilafricain.info [22]

Denmark

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
24NYT24nyt.dkFounded 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
La Vozlavoz.coRelated 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 Postlatampost.onlineRelated 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 Regiónelsemanario.onlineRelated 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Alyamania Newsalyamanianews.comSpreads "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.comfreeiranrevolution.comSpreads "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 Turkeykilledinturkey.comPosted 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 Timesmasrtimes.comPart 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 Leaksturkeyleaks.comPosted 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Contre-Infocontre-info.comSpread false claim that the French government approved euthanasia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Affiliated with the group French Renewal. [31] [32]
coupsfrancs.comcoupsfrancs.comDescribed 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Freie Weltfreiewelt.netRun 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
224Minutes224minutes.netLinked to the Rally of the Guinean People. [34]

India

Indian Chronicles

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
EP Todayeptoday.com [35] [36]
EP Todayeptoday.eu [35] [36]
EP Todayeptoday.org [35] [36]
EP Todayeuropeanparliamenttoday.com [35] [36]
EU ChronicleEUChronicle.com [35] [36]
EUOutlookEUOutlook.com [35] [36]
EUOutlookEUOutlook.net [35] [36]
EUOutlookEUOutlook.org [35] [36]
EUreports.comEUreports.com [35] [36]
Europeinnews.comEuropeinnews.com [35] [36]
EUFreeNews.comEUFreeNews.com [35] [36]
SouthAsiaRevealed.comSouthAsiaRevealed.com [35] [36]
SouthAsiaDiary.comSouthAsiaDiary.com [35] [36]
SANews.caSANews.ca [35] [36]
PerspectiveSouthAsia.comPerspectiveSouthAsia.com [35] [36]
SouthAsianAffairs.caSouthAsianAffairs.ca [35] [36]
gilgitnews.netgilgitnews.net [35] [36]
gilgitpost.netgilgitpost.net [35] [36]
gilgittimes.comgilgittimes.com [35] [36]
khalistan.eukhalistan.eu [35] [36]
khalistanfm.netkhalistanfm.net [35] [36]
radiokhalistan.netradiokhalistan.net [35] [36]
balochnews.combalochnews.com [35] [36]
balochistantoday.orgbalochistantoday.org [35] [36]
balochistantoday.netbalochistantoday.net [35] [36]
European Union News Networkeunewsagency.com [35] [36]
PrNewsDistribution.comPrNewsDistribution.com [35] [36]
Four News AgencyFourNewsAgency.com [35] [36]
Times of Genevatimesofgeneva.com [37]
4 News Agency4newsagency.com [37]
New Delhi Timesnewdelhitimes.com [37]
Times of Portugaltimesofportugal.com [37] [38]
TimesofabuDhabi.comTimesofabuDhabi.com [37]
Mapplenews.comMapplenews.com [37]
foreignaffairstoday.comforeignaffairstoday.comSpoof of Foreign Affairs. [37]
24hourscalgary.com24hourscalgary.comSpoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursedmonton.com24hoursedmonton.comSpoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursottawa.com24hoursottawa.comSpoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
aberystwythtimes.comaberystwythtimes.comSpoof of Aberystwyth Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
acadianrecorder.comacadianrecorder.comSpoof of Acadian Recorder, a defunct newspaper. [38]
accionobrera.comaccionobrera.comSpoof of Acción obrera, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-insaniyyah.comal-insaniyyah.comSpoof of Al-Insaniyyah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-jamahir.comal-jamahir.comSpoof of Al-Jamahir, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-mabda.comal-mabda.comSpoof of Al-Mabda', a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-malayin.comal-malayin.comSpoof of Al-Malayin, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-mukafih.comal-mukafih.comSpoof of Al-Mukafih, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-qaidah.comal-qaidah.comSpoof of Al-Qaidah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
al-watandaily.comal-watandaily.comSpoof of Al-Watan Daily, a defunct newspaper. [38]
almalayin.comalmalayin.comSpoof of Al-Malayin, a defunct newspaper. [38]
almustaqilla.comalmustaqilla.comSpoof of Al Mustaqilla, a defunct newspaper. [38]
alqaidah.comalqaidah.comSpoof of Al-Qaidah, a defunct newspaper. [38]
badischesvolksecho.combadischesvolksecho.comSpoof of Badisches Volksecho, a defunct newspaper. [38]
baltimoreeveningherald.combaltimoreeveningherald.comSpoof of Baltimore Evening Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
baltimoremorningherald.combaltimoremorningherald.comSpoof of Baltimore Morning Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
barladul.combarladul.comSpoof of Bârladul, a defunct newspaper. [38]
birminghamgazette.co.ukbirminghamgazette.co.ukSpoof of Birmingham Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
brightonherald.combrightonherald.comSpoof of Brighton Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
bucharestbusinessweek.combucharestbusinessweek.comSpoof of Bucharest Business Week, a defunct newspaper. [38]
buffaloenquirer.combuffaloenquirer.comSpoof of The Buffalo Enquirer, a defunct newspaper. [39] [38]
calcutta-gazette.comcalcutta-gazette.comSpoof of Calcutta Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
cambridgeintelligencer.comcambridgeintelligencer.comSpoof of Cambridge Intelligencer, a defunct newspaper. [38]
canadianillustratednews.comcanadianillustratednews.comSpoof of Canadian Illustrated News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
ceylondailymirror.comceylondailymirror.comSpoof of Ceylon Daily Mirror, a defunct newspaper. [38]
comcast-network.comcomcast-network.comSpoof of Comcast Network, a defunct cable TV network. [38]
congregationalherald.comcongregationalherald.comSpoof of Congregational Herald, a defunct newspaper. [40] [38]
courrierdethiopie.comcourrierdethiopie.comSpoof of Courrier d'Ethiopie, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dailycitizen.eudailycitizen.euSpoof of Daily Citizen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derdeutschecorrespondent.comderdeutschecorrespondent.comSpoof of Der Deutsche Correspondent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derkampf.comderkampf.comSpoof of Der Kampf, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernord-westen.comdernord-westen.comSpoof of Der Nord-Westen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernordstern.comdernordstern.comSpoof of Der Nordstern, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dernordwesten.comdernordwesten.comSpoof of Der Nord-Westen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
derostasiatischelloyd.comderostasiatischelloyd.comSpoof of Der Ostasiatische Lloyd, a defunct newspaper. [38]
detroitsundayjournal.comdetroitsundayjournal.comSpoof of Detroit Sunday Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
deutscheshanghaizeitung.comdeutscheshanghaizeitung.comSpoof of Deutsche Shanghai Zeitung, a defunct newspaper. [38]
diariodemanila.comdiariodemanila.comSpoof of Diario de Manila, a defunct newspaper. [38]
die-einigkeit.comdie-einigkeit.comSpoof of Die Einigkeit, a defunct newspaper. [38]
dieeinigkeit.comdieeinigkeit.comSpoof of Die Einigkeit, a defunct newspaper. [38]
easternmorningnews.comeasternmorningnews.comSpoof of Eastern Morning News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
echodelasambre.comechodelasambre.comSpoof of Écho de la Sambre, a defunct newspaper. [38]
eestiaeg.comeestiaeg.comSpoof of Eesti Aeg, a defunct newspaper. [38]
elbiendelobrero.comelbiendelobrero.comSpoof of El Bien del Obrero, a defunct newspaper. [38]
essexgazette.comessexgazette.comSpoof of The Essex Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
falceemartello.comfalceemartello.comSpoof of Falce e Martello, a defunct newspaper. [38]
finnmarkfremtid.comfinnmarkfremtid.comSpoof of Finnmark Fremtid, a defunct newspaper. [38]
foxfootychannel.comfoxfootychannel.comSpoof of Fox Footy Channel, a defunct TV channel. [38]
frontulplugarilor.comfrontulplugarilor.comSpoof of Frontul Plugarilor, a defunct newspaper. [38]
garydailytribune.comgarydailytribune.comSpoof of Gary Daily Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [41] [38]
gazetteandsentinel.comgazetteandsentinel.comSpoof of Gazette and Sentinel, a defunct newspaper. [42] [38]
goldcoastmail.comgoldcoastmail.comSpoof of Gold Coast Mail, a defunct newspaper. [38]
golostruda.comgolostruda.comSpoof of Golos Truda, a defunct newspaper. [38]
greateastlandtelevision.comgreateastlandtelevision.comSpoof of Great Eastland Television, a defunct TV station network. [38]
hamevasser.comhamevasser.comSpoof of Hamevasser, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hardangerarbeiderblad.comhardangerarbeiderblad.comSpoof of Hardanger Arbeiderblad, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hartfordcitycourier.comhartfordcitycourier.comSpoof of Hartford City Courier, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hartfordcitydemocrat.comhartfordcitydemocrat.comSpoof of Hartford City Democrat, a defunct newspaper. [38]
hayatechchaab.comhayatechchaab.comSpoof of Hayat ech Chaab, a defunct newspaper. [38]
heiminshimbun.comheiminshimbun.comSpoof of Heimin Shimbun, a defunct newspaper. [38]
huashangdaily.comhuashangdaily.comSpoof of Hua Shang Daily, a defunct newspaper. [38]
indianapolisdailyherald.comindianapolisdailyherald.comSpoof of Indianapolis Daily Herald, a defunct newspaper. [43] [38]
israelshtime.comisraelshtime.comSpoof of Israel Shtime, a defunct newspaper. [38]
kansascityjournalpost.comkansascityjournalpost.comSpoof of Kansas City Journal-Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
karjalanmaa.comkarjalanmaa.comSpoof of Karjalan Maa, a defunct newspaper. [38]
kentuckyirishamerican.comkentuckyirishamerican.comSpoof of Kentucky Irish American, a defunct newspaper. [38]
khalsa-akhbar-lahore.comkhalsa-akhbar-lahore.comSpoof of Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, a defunct newspaper. [38]
khalsaakhbarlahore.comkhalsaakhbarlahore.comSpoof of Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, a defunct newspaper. [38]
labanderaroja.comlabanderaroja.comSpoof of La Bandera Roja, a defunct newspaper. [38]
ladomenicadelcorriere.comladomenicadelcorriere.comSpoof of La Domenica del Corriere, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lailustracionfilipina.comlailustracionfilipina.comSpoof of La Ilustración Filipina, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lajeunebelgique.comlajeunebelgique.comSpoof of La Jeune Belgique, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lanouvelleinternationale.comlanouvelleinternationale.comSpoof of La Nouvelle Internationale, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lecanadien.calecanadien.caSpoof of Le Canadien, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lechodukatanga.comlechodukatanga.comSpoof of L'Écho du Katanga, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lecommuniste.comlecommuniste.comSpoof of Le Communiste, a defunct newspaper. [38]
leedstimes.co.ukleedstimes.co.ukSpoof of Leeds Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
legrutleen.comlegrutleen.comSpoof of Le Grutléen, a defunct newspaper. [38]
leninshilzhas.comleninshilzhas.comSpoof of Leninshil Zhas, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lepaysdefrance.comlepaysdefrance.comSpoof of Le Pays de France, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lereveildutadla.comlereveildutadla.comSpoof of Le Réveil du Tadla, a defunct newspaper. [38]
lereveiljuif.comlereveiljuif.comSpoof of Le Réveil juif, a defunct newspaper. [38]
liverpoolcourier.comliverpoolcourier.comSpoof of Liverpool Courier, a defunct newspaper. [38]
manchesterexaminer.commanchesterexaminer.comSpoof of Manchester Examiner, a defunct newspaper. [38]
manchestertimes.co.ukmanchestertimes.co.ukSpoof of Manchester Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
metroeastjournal.commetroeastjournal.comSpoof of Metro-East Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
miamivalleychannel.commiamivalleychannel.comSpoof of Miami Valley Channel, a defunct cable TV channel. [38]
minneapoliseveningjournal.comminneapoliseveningjournal.comSpoof of Minneapolis Evening Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
mirat-ul-akhbar.commirat-ul-akhbar.comSpoof of Mirat-ul-Akhbar, a defunct newspaper. [38]
montrealdailynews.commontrealdailynews.comSpoof of Montreal Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
moskovskykorrespondent.commoskovskykorrespondent.comSpoof of Moskovsky Korrespondent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
msnbc.ukmsnbc.ukSpoof of MSNBC. [38]
nasisten.comnasisten.comSpoof of Nasisten, a defunct newspaper. [38]
neweveningpost.comneweveningpost.comSpoof of New Evening Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkcourierandenquirer.comnewyorkcourierandenquirer.comSpoof of New York Courier and Enquirer, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkeveningjournal.comnewyorkeveningjournal.comSpoof of New York Evening Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkjournalamerican.comnewyorkjournalamerican.comSpoof of New York Journal-American, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorkmorningtelegraph.comnewyorkmorningtelegraph.comSpoof of The Morning Telegraph, a defunct newspaper. [38]
newyorksundaynews.comnewyorksundaynews.comSpoof of New York Sunday News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
niagaranewstv.comniagaranewstv.comSpoof of Niagara News TV, a defunct TV channel. [38]
northchinadailynews.comnorthchinadailynews.comSpoof of North China Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
northotagotimes.comnorthotagotimes.comSpoof of North Otago Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
northwestradio.canorthwestradio.caSpoof of North West Radio, a defunct radio station. [38]
oransocialiste.comoransocialiste.comSpoof of Oran socialiste, a defunct newspaper. [38]
pekinggazette.compekinggazette.comSpoof of Peking Gazette, a defunct government bulletin. [38]
philippinesdailyexpress.comphilippinesdailyexpress.comSpoof of Philippines Daily Express, a defunct newspaper. [38]
portlandeveningjournal.comportlandeveningjournal.comSpoof of The Oregon Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
protitisaigialeias.comprotitisaigialeias.comSpoof of Proti tis Aigialeias. [38]
russkoyeznamya.comrusskoyeznamya.comSpoof of Russkoye Znamya, a defunct newspaper. [38]
saltlaketelegram.comsaltlaketelegram.comSpoof of Salt Lake Telegram, a defunct newspaper. [38]
schweizamsonntag.comschweizamsonntag.comSpoof of Schweiz am Sonntag, a defunct newspaper. [38]
shanghaieveningpostandmercury.comshanghaieveningpostandmercury.comSpoof of Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, a defunct newspaper. [38]
shanghaijewishchronicle.comshanghaijewishchronicle.comSpoof of Shanghai Jewish Chronicle, a defunct newspaper. [38]
singainesan.comsingainesan.comSpoof of Singai Nesan, a defunct newspaper. [38]
socialistweekly.comsocialistweekly.comSpoof of Socialist Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
sovietweekly.comsovietweekly.comSpoof of Soviet Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
spoknippet.comspoknippet.comSpoof of Spöknippet, a defunct newspaper. [38]
srilankadeepa.comsrilankadeepa.comSpoof of Sri Lankadeepa, a defunct newspaper. [38]
swatantranepali.comswatantranepali.comSpoof of Swatantra Nepali, a defunct newspaper. [38]
sydney-gazette.comsydney-gazette.comSpoof of Sydney Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theadaircountynews.comtheadaircountynews.comSpoof of Adair County News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theamericanweekly.comtheamericanweekly.comSpoof of The American Weekly, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theaustraliancommunist.comtheaustraliancommunist.comSpoof of The Australian Communist, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thebangkokrecorder.comthebangkokrecorder.comSpoof of The Bangkok Recorder, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thebaptisttimes.comthebaptisttimes.comSpoof of The Baptist Times. [38]
thebombaychronicle.comthebombaychronicle.comSpoof of The Bombay Chronicle, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theceylonherald.comtheceylonherald.comSpoof of The Ceylon Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thecharlottesvilletribune.comthecharlottesvilletribune.comSpoof of The Charlottesville Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theclevelandgazette.comtheclevelandgazette.comSpoof of The Cleveland Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thecolombojournal.comthecolombojournal.comSpoof of The Colombo Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thedearbornindependent.comthedearbornindependent.comSpoof of The Dearborn Independent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thedublingazette.comthedublingazette.comSpoof of The Dublin Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thehoovergazette.comthehoovergazette.comSpoof of The Hoover Gazette, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thejewishtribune.comthejewishtribune.comSpoof of The Jewish Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thekamloopsdailynews.comthekamloopsdailynews.comSpoof of The Kamloops Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thekungsheungdailynews.comthekungsheungdailynews.comSpoof of The Kung Sheung Daily News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theliverpoolherald.comtheliverpoolherald.comSpoof of The Liverpool Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theliverpoolnews.comtheliverpoolnews.comSpoof of The Liverpool News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thelouisvilleheraldpost.comthelouisvilleheraldpost.comSpoof of Louisville Herald-Post, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thelouisvilletimes.comthelouisvilletimes.comSpoof of The Louisville Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
themadrastimes.comthemadrastimes.comSpoof of The Madras Times, a defunct newspaper. [38]
themirrorofaustralia.comthemirrorofaustralia.comSpoof of The Mirror of Australia, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenevadajournal.comthenevadajournal.comSpoof of The Nevada Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenewzealandtablet.comthenewzealandtablet.comSpoof of The New Zealand Tablet, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thenorfolkweeklynews.comthenorfolkweeklynews.comSpoof of The Norfolk Weekly News, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theoregonjournal.comtheoregonjournal.comSpoof of The Oregon Journal, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thequebectelegraph.comthequebectelegraph.comSpoof of Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thesandbornherald.comthesandbornherald.comSpoof of The Sandborn Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
theseattlestar.comtheseattlestar.comSpoof of The Seattle Star, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetimesofceylon.comthetimesofceylon.comSpoof of The Times of Ceylon, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetorontomail.comthetorontomail.comSpoof of The Toronto Mail, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thetulsatribune.comthetulsatribune.comSpoof of Tulsa Tribune, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thewellingtonindependent.comthewellingtonindependent.comSpoof of The Wellington Independent, a defunct newspaper. [38]
thewhitesvilleindependentpress.comthewhitesvilleindependentpress.comSpoof of The Whitesville Independent Press, a defunct newspaper. [38]
timesofcyprus.comtimesofcyprus.comSpoof of Times of Cyprus, a defunct newspaper. [38]
tokyonichinichishimbun.comtokyonichinichishimbun.comSpoof of Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, a defunct newspaper. [38]
topekastatejournal.comtopekastatejournal.comSpoof of The Topeka Capital-Journal. [38]
torontotelegram.comtorontotelegram.comSpoof of Toronto Telegram, a defunct newspaper. [38]
worldeconomicherald.comworldeconomicherald.comSpoof of World Economic Herald, a defunct newspaper. [38]
24hoursmanitoba.com24hoursmanitoba.com [38]
3newsagency.com3newsagency.com [38]
akhbarulusbua.comakhbarulusbua.com [38]
eveningpost.eueveningpost.eu [38]
houstoneveningjournal.comhoustoneveningjournal.com [38]
houstonmorningchronicle.comhoustonmorningchronicle.com [38]
ludhiana-times.comludhiana-times.com [38]
lyonsherald.comlyonsherald.com [38]
memphismorningnews.commemphismorningnews.com [38]
newyorknationaldemocrat.comnewyorknationaldemocrat.com [38]
newyorkpressagency.comnewyorkpressagency.com [38]
plymouthtribune.complymouthtribune.com [38]
quebecherald.comquebecherald.com [38]
rochesterdailyamerican.comrochesterdailyamerican.com [38]
rockportjournal.comrockportjournal.com [38]
rockvilletimes.comrockvilletimes.com [38]
russkyinvalid.comrusskyinvalid.com [38]
sindhgazette.comsindhgazette.com [38]
thecanadianspectator.comthecanadianspectator.com [38]
thehazletonnews.comthehazletonnews.com [38]
thelivenews.co.ukthelivenews.co.uk [38]
thesenator.euthesenator.eu [38]
thestatesman.euthestatesman.eu [38]
threemediagroup.comthreemediagroup.com [38]
threenewsagency.comthreenewsagency.com [38]
timesofalaska.comtimesofalaska.com [38]
timesofambala.comtimesofambala.com [38]
timesofamsterdam.comtimesofamsterdam.com [38]
timesofargentina.comtimesofargentina.com [38]
timesofaustria.comtimesofaustria.com [38]
timesofazadkashmir.comtimesofazadkashmir.com [38]
timesofbali.comtimesofbali.com [38]
timesofbelgium.comtimesofbelgium.com [38]
timesofbern.comtimesofbern.com [38]
timesofbhutan.comtimesofbhutan.com [38]
timesofbonn.comtimesofbonn.com [38]
timesofbulgaria.comtimesofbulgaria.com [38]
timesofcanberra.comtimesofcanberra.com [38]
timesofcebu.comtimesofcebu.com [38]
timesofchiangmai.comtimesofchiangmai.com [38]
timesofchile.comtimesofchile.com [38]
timesofcostarica.comtimesofcostarica.com [38]
timesofcroatia.comtimesofcroatia.com [38]
timesofdefence.comtimesofdefence.com [38]
timesofeqypt.comtimesofeqypt.com [38]
timesofestonia.comtimesofestonia.com [38]
timesofgeneva.comtimesofgeneva.com [38]
timesofhonduras.comtimesofhonduras.com [38]
timesofhungary.comtimesofhungary.com [38]
timesofjakarta.comtimesofjakarta.com [38]
timesofjeddah.comtimesofjeddah.com [38]
timesofkazakhstan.comtimesofkazakhstan.com [38]
timesoflatvia.comtimesoflatvia.com [38]
timesoflibya.comtimesoflibya.com [38]
timesofluxembourg.comtimesofluxembourg.com [38]
timesofmacau.comtimesofmacau.com [38]
timesofmadinah.comtimesofmadinah.com [38]
timesofmadrid.comtimesofmadrid.com [38]
timesofmanitoba.comtimesofmanitoba.com [38]
timesofmecca.comtimesofmecca.com [38]
timesofmedina.comtimesofmedina.com [38]
timesofmorocco.comtimesofmorocco.com [38]
timesofnaples.comtimesofnaples.com [38]
timesofnetherlands.comtimesofnetherlands.com [38]
timesofnewbrunswick.comtimesofnewbrunswick.com [38]
timesofnorthkorea.comtimesofnorthkorea.com [38]
timesofpalau.comtimesofpalau.com [38]
timesofperu.comtimesofperu.com [38]
timesofpyongyang.comtimesofpyongyang.com [38]
timesofriyadh.comtimesofriyadh.com [38]
timesofromania.comtimesofromania.com [38]
timesofsaotome.comtimesofsaotome.com [38]
timesofseattle.comtimesofseattle.com [38]
timesofseoul.comtimesofseoul.com [38]
timesofsouthchinasea.comtimesofsouthchinasea.com [38]
timesofsouthkorea.comtimesofsouthkorea.com [38]
timesofspain.comtimesofspain.com [38]
timesoftokyo.comtimesoftokyo.com [38]
timesofvatican.comtimesofvatican.com [38]
timesofvenezuela.comtimesofvenezuela.com [38]
weeklylouisianian.comweeklylouisianian.com [38]
thr.threemediagroup.comthr.threemediagroup.com [38]
24hoursmontreal.com24hoursmontreal.comSpoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
24hoursvancouver.com24hoursvancouver.comSpoof of 24 Hours, a defunct newspaper group. [38]
albanydailydemocrat.comalbanydailydemocrat.comSpoof of Albany Democrat-Herald. [38]
baltimoreeveningsun.combaltimoreeveningsun.comSpoof of The Baltimore Sun. [38]
brownsvilletimes.combrownsvilletimes.comSpoof of The Times (Brownsville). [38]
cbs-cable.comcbs-cable.comSpoof of CBS Cable. [38]
dailystatesentinel.comdailystatesentinel.comSpoof of The Daily Sentinel (Texas). [38]
timesoflosangeles.comtimesoflosangeles.comSpoof of Los Angeles Times. [38]
timesofmoscow.comtimesofmoscow.comSpoof of The Moscow Times. [38]
Big News NetworkBignewsnetwork.net [35] [36]
Big News Networkbignewsnetwork.com [35] [36]
FijiNews.netFijiNews.net [35] [36]
NorthKoreaTimes.comNorthKoreaTimes.com [35] [36]
VancouverStar.comVancouverStar.com [35] [36]
PhoenixHerald.comPhoenixHerald.com [35] [36]
RussiaHerald.comRussiaHerald.com [35] [36]
CambodianTimes.comCambodianTimes.com [35] [36]
indiasnews.netindiasnews.net [35] [36]
zimbabwenews.netzimbabwenews.net [35] [36]
sierraleonetimes.comsierraleonetimes.com [35] [36]
World News Networkworldnewsnetwork.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 Todayjapantimestoday.comSpoof of The Japan Times. [35] [36]
South China Heraldsouthchinaherald.newsSpoof of the South China Morning Post. [35] [36]
Wall Street Sentinelwallstreetsentinel.newsSpoof of The Wall Street Journal. [35] [36]
New York Despatch [35] [36]
Toronto Sun Times [35] [36]
UAE Times [35] [36]

Other campaigns

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
The Disinfo Labthedisinfolab.orgOwned by an officer of India's foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing. [44] [45]

Iran

Endless Mayfly

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
addustuor.comaddustuor.comSpoof of Addustour. [46]
xn--aljaeera-4t0d.netxn--aljaeera-4t0d.netSpoofing 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.orgal-jazirah.orgSpoof of Al Jazeera. [46]
al-shargh.comal-shargh.comSpoof of Al Sharq. [46]
al-watan.coal-watan.coSpoof of Al-Watan. [46]
alarabyia.orgalarabyia.orgSpoof of Al Arabiya. [46]
alettehad.netalettehad.netSpoof of Al-Ittihad. [46]
aliraq-news.comaliraq-news.com [46]
aljlazeera.comaljlazeera.comSpoof of Al Jazeera. [46]
xn--alnaaregypt-cm8e.comxn--alnaaregypt-cm8e.comSpoof of Al-Nahar. [46]
alryiadh.comalryiadh.comSpoof of Al Riyadh. [46]
alwatannewspaper.netalwatannewspaper.netSpoof of Al-Watan. [46]
xn--arab21-6va.comxn--arab21-6va.comSpoof of Arabi21. [46]
theatlatnic.comtheatlatnic.comSpoofing 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.combbc-Arabic.comSpoof of BBC Arabic. [46]
belfercenter.netbelfercenter.netSpoof of Belfer Center. Falsely claims that Avigdor Lieberman was fired by Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 for being a Russian agent. [46]
bloomberq.combloomberq.comSpoof of Bloomberg.com. [46]
braekingisraelnews.combraekingisraelnews.comSpoof of Breaking Israel News. [46]
breakingisraelnews.netbreakingisraelnews.netSpoof of Breaking Israel News. [46]
brusslestimes.combrusslestimes.comSpoof of The Brussels Times. [46]
budapestbaecon.combudapestbaecon.comSpoof of The Budapest Beacon. [46]
bundesergierung.debundesergierung.deSpoof of the official Bundesregierung website. [46]
xn--c-wpma.comxn--c-wpma.comSpoof of CNN. [46]
com-news-world.sitecom-news-world.siteSpoof of the BBC. [46]
com-users.infocom-users.info [46]
dawalhaq.comdawalhaq.com [46]
daylisabah.comdaylisabah.comSpoof of the Daily Sabah. [46]
democraticcoalition.netdemocraticcoalition.net [46]
xn--etik-k54a.comxn--etik-k54a.comSpoof of Detik. [46]
elwataannews.comelwataannews.comSpoof of El Watan News. [46]
xn--emaraalyoum-1b9e.comxn--emaraalyoum-1b9e.comSpoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
emaratallyoum.comemaratallyoum.comSpoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
emaratalyuom.comemaratalyuom.comSpoof of Emarat Al Youm. [46]
foreignpoilcy.comforeignpoilcy.comSpoof of Foreign Policy. [46]
foriegnpolicy.netforiegnpolicy.netSpoof of Foreign Policy. [46]
xn--frace24-mkb.comxn--frace24-mkb.comSpoof of France 24. [46]
theglobeandmail.orgtheglobeandmail.orgSpoof of The Globe and Mail. [46]
thaguardian.comthaguardian.comSpoof of The Guardian. [46]
theguaradian.comtheguaradian.comSpoof of The Guardian. [46]
xn--theguardan-4ub.comxn--theguardan-4ub.comSpoofing 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.comxn--theguardia-dq2e.comSpoof of The Guardian. [46]
haaaretz.comhaaaretz.comSpoof of Haaretz. [46]
xn--haarez-m17b.comxn--haarez-m17b.comSpoofing 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.comtheheraldscotland.comSpoof of The Herald Scotland. [46]
xn--huffngtonpost-69b.comxn--huffngtonpost-69b.comSpoof of the Huffington Post that uses an IDN homograph attack, replacing "i" with "ı". [46]
xn--ndependent-77a.comxn--ndependent-77a.comSpoof of The Independent. [46]
indepnedent.coindepnedent.co Typosquatting spoof of The Independent. [46]
israelhayom.netisraelhayom.netSpoof of Israel Hayom. [46]
xn--sraelinarabic-29b.comxn--sraelinarabic-29b.comSpoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
xn--israelinarabi-ugb.comxn--israelinarabi-ugb.comSpoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
israellinarabic.comisraellinarabic.comSpoof of Israel in Arabic. [46]
israelnationalnews.coisraelnationalnews.coSpoof of Israel National News. [46]
israelnationalnews.netisraelnationalnews.netSpoof of Israel National News. [46]
jerusaleimonline.comjerusaleimonline.comSpoof of Jerusalem Online. [46]
thejerusalempost.orgthejerusalempost.orgSpoof of The Jerusalem Post. [46]
lesoir.infolesoir.infoSpoof 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.comxn--telocal-xt3c.comSpoof of The Local. [46]
mesralarabiya.commesralarabiya.comSpoof of MasrAlarabia . [46]
mintpressnevvs.commintpressnevvs.comSpoof of MintPress News. [46]
nationalepost.comnationalepost.comSpoof of National Post. [46]
xn--nationmaser-5b9e.comxn--nationmaser-5b9e.comSpoof of NationMaster. [46]
policito.compolicito.comSpoof of Politico. [46]
xn--plitico-d5b.comxn--plitico-d5b.comSpoof of Politico. [46]
xn--r-2rm.comxn--r-2rm.comSpoof of RT. [46]
sharjah24.cosharjah24.coSpoof of Sharjah24. [46]
shoruknews.comshoruknews.comSpoof of Al-Shorouk. [46]
speigel.netspeigel.netSpoof of Der Spiegel. [46]
timesoffisrael.comtimesoffisrael.comSpoof of The Times of Israel. [46]
timesofisraeil.comtimesofisraeil.comSpoof of The Times of Israel. [46]
xn--wa-exs.comxn--wa-exs.comSpoof of Emirates News Agency. [46]
waradena.comwaradena.comSpoof of Waradana. [46]
washnigtonexaminer.comwashnigtonexaminer.comSpoof of The Washington Examiner. [46]

International Union of Virtual Media (IUVM)

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
iuvm.orgiuvm.orgSeized by the United States federal government in 2020. [51] [52]
IUVMApp [53] [49]
IUVM Archiveiuvmarchive.com [50]
iuvmdaily.comiuvmdaily.com [50]
iuvmonline.comiuvmonline.com [50]
IUVM Pixeliuvmpixel.com [50] [53]
IUVM Pressiuvmpress.comSeized by the United States federal government in 2020. [50] [52] [51] [53] [49]
IUVM TViuvmtv.comSeized by the United States federal government in 2020. [50] [52]

Storm-2035

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]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Afro Majorityafromajority.com [58] [59]
EvenPoliticsevenpolitics.com [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
Nio Thinkerniothinker.com [60] [54] [57] [58]
Not Our War [59]
Savannah Timesavannahtime.com [60] [54] [57] [58]
Teoratorteorator.com [57]
Westland Sunwestlandsun.com [57] [58]

Other campaigns

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
AWDNewsawdnews.comDefunct 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." [61] [62]

Seized by the United States federal government in 2020.

[61] [63] [53] [64]
The British Leftbritishleft.comMasquerades as a United Kingdom-based news outlet. [63] [65]
Critics Chroniclecriticschronicle.comMasquerades as a United Kingdom-based news outlet. [63] [65]
Instituto Manquehueinstitutomanquehue.orgMasquerades as a Latin America-based NGO. [63] [65]
Liberty Front Presslibertyfrontpress.comMasquerades as a United States-based news outlet. [63] [65]
Real Progressive Frontrpfront.comMasquerades as a United States-based news outlet and NGO. [63] [65]
US Journalusjournal.netMasquerades as a United States-based news outlet. [63] [65]

Israel

Zeno Zeno

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. [66] [67] The ministry hired Stoic, an Israeli political marketing firm, to conduct the operation, [66] [67] dubbed Zeno Zeno by OpenAI. [68] Social media accounts and pages linked to the campaign were taken down by Meta in 2024 for coordinated inauthentic behavior, [69] [66] including the use of profile pictures created by generative adversarial networks and possibly hijacked accounts. [70] Many social media posts from the campaign were created by ChatGPT. [66]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Arab Slave Tradearabslavetrade.wikiCopied from Wikipedia. Targeted Black Americans to spread the message of Arab involvement in the slave trade in Africa. [67] [69]
The Good Samaritanthe-good-samaritan.comPer 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." [67] Promoted by Non-Agenda. [67] [69]
The Moral Alliancemoral-alliance.comDescribed by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]". [69] Redirected to The Good Samaritan website. [69] [71] [72] [70]
moralalliance.co
Non-Agendanonagenda.comDescribed by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]". [69] [66] [69] [72] [70]
Serenity Now!serenitynow.todayPosed as an anarchist website. [67] [69]
The Human Fellowshipthehumanfellowship.coLinked to The Moral Alliance. [69]
Unfold Magazineufnews.ioDescribed by FakeReporter as a "fictitious online [platform]". [69] [66] [69] [72]
United Citizens for Canadauc4canada.comTargeting a Canadian audience, published content widely described as Islamophobic. [67] [69] [70]

Italy

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
ByoBlu byoblu.comSpread 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] [73] [74]
Il Primato Nazionale ilprimatonazionale.itSpread false information about Italian government policy with respect to immigrants and COVID-19. Linked to CasaPound. [31] [75] [76]
La Cosala-cosa.itSetup by the Five Star Movement. [77]
La Fucinalafucina.itSetup by the Five Star Movement.

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

[77] [78]
TzeTzetzetze.itSetup by the Five Star Movement. [77]

Mexico

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
elpoderdelsaber.comelpoderdelsaber.comAssociated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. Published death hoax about Carmen Aristegui. [79]
elviejosabio.comelviejosabio.comAssociated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [79]
sevenaldia.comsevenaldia.comAssociated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [79]
telodijeyo.comtelodijeyo.comAssociated with Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Heriberto Félix Guerra, and Juan Ignacio Zavala of the National Action Party. [79]

Myanmar

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Tatmadaw Media Grouptatmadawmediagroup.comLinked to members of the Tatmadaw. Part of a network that was taken down by Facebook in 2020 for coordinated inauthentic behavior. [80]

Nigeria

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Aso Villa Newsasovillanews.xyzOwned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [81]
Exclusive103exclusive103.comPer Africa Check and DUBAWA. Owned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [81] [82] [83] [84]
I Newsimocitytv.comOwned by activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement. [81]

Pakistan

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
CJ Postcjpost.co.ukLinked 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. [85]

People's Republic of China

HaiEnergy

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." [86] 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. [87]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
24 News24usnews.com [86]
Aisa Koreaaisakorea.com [86]
All City Timesallcitytimes.com [86]
Anna Timesannatimes.com [86]
Austria Weeklyaustriaweekly.com [86]
Charm Dailycharmdaily.com [86]
Czech Weeklyczechweekly.com [86]
Director Timesdirectortimes.com [86]
Donga Dailydongadaily.com [86]
Egypt Dailyegyptdaily.org [86]
Elec Dailyelecdaily.com [86]
Espana Dailyespanadaily.com [86]
Eur Timeseutimes.fr [86]
Exactly Newsexactlynews.com [86]
E.MPfinance.austriaweekly.com [86]
Finance.TZfinance.thaibizdaily.com [86]
Finland Weeklyfinlandweekly.com [86]
Focus on Russiaautomobile.trademarksdaily.com [86]
財富台灣caifutw.com [86]
FT Voicefinance.thewarsawvoice.com [86]
Hani Dailyhanidaily.com [86]
Hanna Presshannapress.com [86]
Health Latest Job Newshealth.latestjobnews.in [86]
香港日報hkdaily.net [86]
香港週報weeklyhongkong.com [86]
Huabei Dailyvn.huabeidaily.com [86]
Hurriyet Businesshurriyetbusiness.com [86]
Inspect Newsinspectnews.com [86]
Jakarta Globejakartaglobe.org [86]
Joins Damarkets.joinsdaily.com [86]
The Korea Timesthekoreatimes.org [86]
KR Economykreconomy.com [86]
KR Pop Starkrpopstar.com [86]
Latest Job Newslatestjobnews.in [86]
Lehua Timeslehuatimes.com [86]
Lori Timesloritimes.com [86]
Mecha Timesmechatimes.com [86]
Moscow TVmoscowtv.vip [86]
Nanyang Dailynanyangdaily.com [86]
Nets Baynetsbay.com [86]
New Delhi Newsnewdelhinews.club [86]
New York City Morning Postnycmorning.com [86]
NGR Dailynigeriacom.com [86]
NZL Dailynewzealandgazette.com [86]
Portugal Dailyportugaldaily.com [86]
Qatar Dailyqatardaily.org [86]
RAND Dailyranddaily.com [86]
RU Businessrubusiness.club [86]
RU Industrialruindustrial.com [86]
Russian Dailyrussiadaily.org [86]
Russian Dailytherussiadaily.com [86]
Sain Timessaintimes.com [86]
Saudi Weeklysaudiweekly.com [86]
Seoul Dailyseouldaily.org [86]
Startup India Magazinestartupindiamagazine.com [86]
Swiss Weeklyswissweekly.com [86]
Swiss Zeitungswisszeitung.com [86]
台灣焦點hotintaiwan.com [86]
TH Truththtruth.com [86]
The Thailandsthethailands.com [86]
TMK Dailytrademarksdaily.com [86]
Toyo Timestoyotimes.com [86]
Unsee Newsunseenews.com [86]
The Warsaw Voicethewarsawvoice.com [86]
Yarl Timesyarltimes.com [86]
Yasu Dailyyasudaily.com [86]
Times Newswiretimesnewswire.comLinked to both HaiEnergy and PAPERWALL influence operations. [87] [88] [89]
World Newswirewdwire.comUsed by Haixun and owned by another marketing firm based in China, Shenzhen Bowen Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. [87] [89]
The Arizona Republicfinance.azcentral.com [87]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazettemarkets.post-gazette.com [87]
Starkville Daily Newsbusiness.starkvilledailynews.com [87]
The Kane Republicanbusiness.kanerepublican.com [87]
Sweetwater Reporterbusiness.sweetwaterreporter.com [87]
The Daily Pressbusiness.smdailypress.com [87]
Poteau Daily Newsbusiness.poteaudailynews.com [87]
The Callbusiness.woonsocketcall.com [87]
Mammoth Timesbusiness.mammothtimes.com [87]
The Evening Leaderbusiness.theeveningleader.com [87]
The Post and Mailbusiness.thepostandmail.com [87]
My Mother Lodemoney.mymotherlode.com [87]
The Inyo Registerbusiness.inyoregister.com [87]
The Punxsutawney Spiritbusiness.punxsutawneyspirit.com [87]
Borger New-Heraldbusiness.borgernewsherald.com [87]
The Timesbusiness.pawtuckettimes.com [87]
Statesman Examinerbusiness.statesmanexaminer.com [87]
Decatur Daily Democratbusiness.decaturdailydemocrat.com [87]
The Pilot Newsbusiness.thepilotnews.com [87]
The Newport Daily Expressbusiness.newportvermontdailyexpress.com [87]
Malvern Daily Recordbusiness.malvern-online.com [87]
Southern Rhode Island Newspapersbusiness.ricentral.com [87]
Wapakoneta Daily Newsbusiness.wapakdailynews.com [87]
Times Recordbusiness.times-online.com [87]
The Guymon Daily Heraldbusiness.guymondailyherald.com [87]
Daily Times Leaderbusiness.dailytimesleader.com [87]
The Ridgway Recordbusiness.ridgwayrecord.com [87]
Big Spring Heraldbusiness.bigspringherald.com [87]
The Observer News Enterprisebusiness.observernewsonline.com [87]
The Saline Courierbusiness.bentoncourier.com [87]
The Buffalo Newsmarkets.buffalonews.com [87]
The Community Postbusiness.minstercommunitypost.com [87]

PAPERWALL

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". [88] 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." [88]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
usa-aa.comusa-aa.com [88]
doloreshoy.codoloreshoy.co [88]
splinsider.comsplinsider.com [88]
garagumsowda.comgaragumsowda.com [88]
laplatapost.comlaplatapost.com [88]
lujanexpresar.comlujanexpresar.com [88]
wienbuzz.comwienbuzz.com [88]
boicpost.comboicpost.com [88]
brasilindustry.combrasilindustry.com [88]
brmingpao.combrmingpao.com [88]
financeiropost.comfinanceiropost.com [88]
goiasmine.comgoiasmine.com [88]
pauloexpressar.compauloexpressar.com [88]
pernambucostar.compernambucostar.com [88]
rioninepage.comrioninepage.com [88]
swisshubnews.comswisshubnews.com [88]
sanrafaelscoop.comsanrafaelscoop.com [88]
martapost.commartapost.com [88]
bohemiadaily.combohemiadaily.com [88]
frankfurtsta.comfrankfurtsta.com [88]
munichnp.communichnp.com [88]
dkindustry.codkindustry.co [88]
lguazu.comlguazu.com [88]
andregaceta.comandregaceta.com [88]
cordovapress.orgcordovapress.org [88]
Sevilla Timessevillatimes.com [88]
tarragonapost.comtarragonapost.com [88]
guellherald.comguellherald.com [88]
suomiexpress.comsuomiexpress.com [88]
frnewsfeed.comfrnewsfeed.com [88]
froneplus.comfroneplus.com [88]
friendlyparis.comfriendlyparis.com [88]
alpsbiz.comalpsbiz.com [88]
economyfr.comeconomyfr.com [88]
eiffelpost.comeiffelpost.com [88]
fftribune.comfftribune.com [88]
louispress.orglouispress.org [88]
provencedaily.comprovencedaily.com [88]
rmtcityfr.comrmtcityfr.com [88]
doyletimes.comdoyletimes.com [88]
Napoli Moneynapolimoney.com [88] [90]
Italia Finanziarieitaliafinanziarie.com [88] [90]
Milano Moda Weeklymilanomodaweekly.com [88] [90]
Roma Journalromajournal.org [88] [90]
Torino Humantorinohuman.com [88] [90]
Venezia Postveneziapost.com [88] [90]
dy-press.comdy-press.com [88]
Fujiyama Timesfujiyamatimes.com [88]
fukuitoday.comfukuitoday.com [88]
fukuoka-ken.comfukuoka-ken.com [88]
ginzadaily.comginzadaily.com [88]
hokkaidotr.comhokkaidotr.com [88]
kanagawa-ken.comkanagawa-ken.com [88]
meiji-mura.commeiji-mura.com [88]
nihondaily.comnihondaily.com [88]
nikkonews.comnikkonews.com [88]
saitama-ken.comsaitama-ken.com [88]
sendaishimbun.comsendaishimbun.com [88]
tokushima-ken.comtokushima-ken.com [88]
tokyobuilder.comtokyobuilder.com [88]
yamatocore.comyamatocore.com [88]
bucheontech.combucheontech.com [88]
busanonline.combusanonline.com [88]
cctimes.orgcctimes.org [88]
chungjutravel.comchungjutravel.com [88]
chungnamonline.comchungnamonline.com [88]
daegujournal.comdaegujournal.com [88]
daejeontraffic.comdaejeontraffic.com [88]
gangwonculture.comgangwonculture.com [88]
gwangjuedu.comgwangjuedu.com [88]
gyeonggidaily.comgyeonggidaily.com [88]
gyeongpe.comgyeongpe.com [88]
incheonfocus.comincheonfocus.com [88]
jejutr.comjejutr.com [88]
jeontoday.comjeontoday.com [88]
krectimes.comkrectimes.com [88]
seoulpr.comseoulpr.com [88]
ulsanindustry.comulsanindustry.com [88]
gauljournal.comgauljournal.com [88]
olmecpress.comolmecpress.com [88]
teotihuacaneco.comteotihuacaneco.com [88]
xochimilcolife.comxochimilcolife.com [88]
greaterdutch.comgreaterdutch.com [88]
nlpress.orgnlpress.org [88]
vikingun.orgvikingun.org [88]
bydgoszczdaily.combydgoszczdaily.com [88]
wawelexpress.comwawelexpress.com [88]
ptnavigat.comptnavigat.com [88]
baleadimineata.combaleadimineata.com [88]
rogazette.comrogazette.com [88]
aksaydaily.comaksaydaily.com [88]
ekaterintech.comekaterintech.com [88]
findmoscow.comfindmoscow.com [88]
gorodbusiness.comgorodbusiness.com [88]
kazanculture.comkazanculture.com [88]
rostovlife.comrostovlife.com [88]
samaraindustry.comsamaraindustry.com [88]
stptb.orgstptb.org [88]
tulunet.comtulunet.com [88]
volgogradpost.comvolgogradpost.com [88]
balasaguntimes.combalasaguntimes.com [88]
ismoili.comismoili.com [88]
buranadaily.comburanadaily.com [88]
wakhan.orgwakhan.org [88]
luddpress.comluddpress.com [88]
kopetbiz.comkopetbiz.com [88]
balasagunherald.combalasagunherald.com [88]
taurustimes.comtaurustimes.com [88]
anadoluha.comanadoluha.com [88]
araratdaily.comararatdaily.com [88]
cappadociapost.orgcappadociapost.org [88]
bmhtoday.combmhtoday.com [88]
benmorning.combenmorning.com [88]
britishft.combritishft.com [88]
conanfinance.comconanfinance.com [88]
deiniolnews.comdeiniolnews.com [88]
euleader.orgeuleader.org [88]
glasgowtr.comglasgowtr.com [88]
londonclup.comlondonclup.com [88]
ulstergrowth.comulstergrowth.com [88]
vtnay.orgvtnay.org [88]
wdpp.orgwdpp.org [88]
updatenews.infoupdatenews.info [88]

Glassbridge

Glassbridge, dubbed by Google Threat Intelligence Group, is an information operation that ties together three marketing firms based in China (Shanghai Haixun Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Haimai Yunxiang Media, and Shenzhen Bowen Media, plus a unspecified fourth company) to a network of over 1,000 impostor news websites that support the Chinese government and target audiences in at least 30 countries, including the Chinese diaspora. Some content posted on these sites overlaps with the Spamouflage disinformation operation. [89]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Boston JournalNot to be confused with the Boston Journal, a 19th-20th century newspaper from the United States. [89]
Conversa Do Brasil [89]
Deutsches Journal [89]

Happytify network (歡享網)

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Happytify / Huanxiangwanghappytify.ccA 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". [91] Seen by researchers as an example of "cognitive warfare" by the Chinese government. [92] [91] [93] [92]

Philippines

Fake news sites have become rampant for Philippine audiences, especially being shared on social media. [94] Politicians have started filing laws to combat fake news [95] [96] and three Senate hearings have been held on the topic. [97] [98] [99]

The Catholic Church in the Philippines has also released a missive speaking out against it. [100]

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. [101] Most Philippine audience Facebook pages and groups spreading online disinformation also bear "Duterte", "Marcos" or "News" in their names and are pro-Duterte. [102] Online disinformation in the Philippines is overwhelmingly political as well, with most attacking groups or individuals critical of the Duterte administration. [103] 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. [102]

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. [104] 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" [105] in the global misinformation epidemic, having happened before Brexit, the Donald Trump nomination and the 2016 United States elections. [106]

Republic of China

Mission (密訊)

Mission is a content farm that has repeatedly published false information and republished or rephrased stories from other outlets, especially the China Times. [107] [108] 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. [91] [107] [108] 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. [107] [108]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Mission (密訊)Mission.tw [91]
Mission (密訊)pplomo.com [91] [107] [108]
Mission (密訊)mission-tw.com [107] [108]
Mission (密訊)missiback.com [91] [107] [108]
Mission (密訊)mission-hosti.com [91] [107] [108]
Mission (密訊)tiksomo.com [91] [107] [108]
Mission (密訊)gufunnews.com [91]
Mission (密訊)new.mission-tw.com [91]
Mission (密訊)gaochuji.com [91]
Mission (密訊)mission-new.com [91]
Mission (密訊)tiksomo.com [91]
Mission (密訊)falotat.com [91]
Mission (密訊)osometalk.com [91]
Mission (密訊)itaiwan.mission-tw.com [91]

Russia

South Africa

Radical Economic Transformation media network

A network of websites, dubbed the Radical Economic Transformation media network by the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting [109] and described by journalists as "disinformation" [110] and "propaganda", [110] [111] 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. [110] 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. [110] 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. [110] This network of websites and social media assets also included media outlets owned by the Gupta family: ANN7 and The New Age. [111] The overall social media strategy was analyzed by Bell Pottinger, who was contracted by the Gupta family. [111] 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. [111]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
dodgysaministers.comdodgysaministers.com [110]
fakeguptaleaks.comfakeguptaleaks.com [110]
publicopinion.co.zapublicopinion.co.za [110]
southafricabuzz.co.zasouthafricabuzz.co.za [110]
whitemonopoly.comwhitemonopoly.com [110]
whitemonopolyafrica.comwhitemonopolyafrica.com [110]
whitemonopolycapital.comwhitemonopolycapital.com [110]
WMC Leakswmcleaks.comPer Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [110] [112] [111] [113]
WMC Scamswmcscams.com [110] [111]
wmc-scams.comwmc-scams.com [110]

Spain

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Euskal Newseuskalnews.comConnected 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Nya Dagbladet nyadagbladet.seIdentified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news". [75] 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. [75] [114] [115]
Nyheter Idag nyheteridag.seIdentified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news". [75] Closely associated with the Sweden Democrats. Founded by Chang Frick, who is described as "a former Sweden Democrat official" [116] and has also worked for RT. Connected to Kent Ekeroth and Jeppe Juhl. Owned by Ilan Sadé. [75] [116] [117] [118]
Samnytt samnytt.seIdentified by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute as a source of "junk news". [75] 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. [75] [117] [119] [120] [116] [118]

Tanzania

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. [121]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
AfricaTopNewsafricatopnews.blogspot.com [121]
Covid Tanzaniacovidtanzania.wordpress.com [121]
NewsTzOlivianewstzolivia.wordpress.com [121]

Tunisia

Operation Carthage

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. [122]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Actu FranceActu-France.comHas blank "About Page". [122]
Afrika Newsafrika-news.comJournalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. Supportive of Faure Gnassingbé. [122]
Afrikan Postafrikanpost.frHas similar website design as Revue de l'Afrique and Afrika News. Journalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. Copies content from other news websites. [122]
Eco Mageco-mag.comJournalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. [122]
Fake News Checkingfakenewschecking.comConnected to UReputation. Presented itself as a fact-checking outlet. [122]
Le Muslim Postlemuslimpost.comFunded by Lotfi Bel Hadj. [122]
Maghreb InfoMaghreb-Info.comHas 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. [122]
Revue de L'Afriquerevue-afrique.comJournalists listed have accounts that are suspended by Twitter, and otherwise have no identifiable digital footprint. Supportive of Faure Gnassingbé. [122]

Ukraine

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Begemot.comBegemot.comLinked 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.mediaBegemot.mediaLinked 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.newsBegemot.newsLinked 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.mediathickpolicy.mediaLinked 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

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. [123]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
capitalnews.uscapitalnews.us [123]
Le Tarde RepublicanaTarde-republicana.es [123] [124]
esrepublica.esesrepublica.es [123]
tribuno-popolare.ittribuno-popolare.it [123]
bagimsizbasin.info.trbagimsizbasin.info.tr [123]
Szeged Hírekszegedhir.eu [123] [124]
incident24-7.ruincident24-7.ru [123]
massmedia24.commassmedia24.com [123]
9may.org9may.org [123]
hadashot-erev.infohadashot-erev.info [123]
Pravdorubpravdorub.md [123] [124]
Echo of Moldovaeho.md [123]
Echo of Moldovaehomd.info [123]
Kyrgyzstan Echoehokg.orgJournalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [123]
Kyrgyzstan Echoehokg.infoJournalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [123]
Kazakhstan Echoehonews.kzJournalists listed have no identifiable digital footprint. [123]
24-7 News24-7news.euCopied 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". [123] [123] [124]
britisherald.org.ukbritisherald.org.ukPromoted a claim accusing Ukraine of environmental pollution, which Graphika described as a "trope of Russian propaganda, Ukraine as a nuclear disaster". [123] [123]
European group of action 'Ecology and peace'ecoandpeace.eu [123]
Abendlich Hamburgabend-hamburg.deDefunct [123] [124]
The Capital Newscapital-news.org.ukAccused by Graphika of information laundering. [123] [124]
summurynews.comsummurynews.comAlleged by Die Welt and netzpolitik.org to be a "sister" site for NewsFront. [123] [124] [123] [124]
central.Asia-news.comcentral.Asia-news.com [123] [124]
Courrier Parisienparisien-courrier.fr [124]
Infoprofinfoprof.su [124]

United Arab Emirates

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
iraqonlinenews.comiraqonlinenews.comAccording 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]
Somalianowsomalianow.comAccording 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] [125]
mauritanialive.commauritanialive.comAccording 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 Observatory, suggests a connection to the United Arab Emirates. [27]
Palastine Alyoumpalestinealyoum.comAccording 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.commoroccosnews.comAccording 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 Todayalgeriatodays.comAccording 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

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
News-watchnews-watch.co.ukAssociated with Leave.EU, whose website is noted by DeSmog to solicit donations for News-watch. Publishes climate change denialism. [126]
Unity News Networkunitynewsnetwork.co.ukAccused 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. [127] [128] [129] [127]

United States

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.) [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136]

Multinational

Qiqi News Network

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. [91] [137] [138] It spread a false story that COVID-19 originated in the United States. [91] 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." [91] 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. [91] 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. [137] [138]

NameDomainStatusNotesSources
Qiqi News Networkqiqi.today [91]
Qiqi News Networkcnba.live [91]
Qiqi News Networkkikis.xyz [91]
Qiqi News Networkorgs.pub [91]
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