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List of fake news troll farms

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The following is a list of websites, separated by country, that have been designated by journalists and researchers as likely being part of troll farms.

List

Romania

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
Ending the Fed endingthefed.com Published many false claims, including that Donald Trump was endorsed by Pope Francis in 2016. Accused by the Foreign Policy Research Institute of being part of a propaganda campaign by Russia. [1][2][3]
Expunere expunere.com Same owner as Ending the Fed, targeting Romanian audiences. Accused by the Foreign Policy Research Institute of being part of a propaganda campaign by Russia. [2][3]

Russia

Name Domain Status Notes Sources
BlackMatters.com BlackMatters.com Impostor site affiliated with the Internet Research Agency. Promoted a protest at Stone Mountain, Georgia in 2016 that was attended by white nationalists and anti-racist activists. [4]
LiveReport livereport.co.za [5]
nation-news.ru nation-news.ru [5]
Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens (NAEBC) naebc.com [5][6]
OnePoliticalPlaza.com OnePoliticalPlaza.com Per PolitiFact.

Promoted by the Internet Research Agency via Google AdWords. Claimed in a letter to the FEC to be run by a for-profit company registered in Florida. In 2020, the purported owner of the site, IDF International Technologies, Inc., was advised by the FEC that their "activities are not expenditures, contributions, or electioneering communications under the [Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 30101-45] and [Federal Election Commission] regulations."

[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
polit.info polit.info [5]
rueconomics.ru rueconomics.ru [5]
Russian Federal News Agency (RIAFAN) riafan.ru [5]
SADC News sadcnews.org [5]

References

  1. ↑ Townsend, Tess (22 November 2016). "The Bizarre Truth Behind the Biggest Pro-Trump Facebook Hoaxes". https://www.inc.com/tess-townsend/ending-fed-trump-facebook.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silverman, Craig (2016-08-29). "Facebook Made This Sketchy Website's Fake Story A Top Trending Topic" (in en). https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/a-site-that-facebook-made-a-top-trending-topic-is-a-sketchy. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Townsend, Tess. "Researchers Say Viral Fake News Site Is Part of Russian Propaganda Campaign". https://www.inc.com/tess-townsend/ending-the-fed-russia-propaganda.html. 
  4. ↑ Ackerman, Spencer; Resnick, Gideon; Collins, Ben (2018-03-02). "Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia's Election Trolls" (in en). The Daily Beast. https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-secret-documents-from-russias-election-trolls-leak. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "More-Troll Kombat - French and Russian Influence Operations Go Head to Head Targeting Audiences in Africa". https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_stanford_report_more_troll_kombat.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "Step into My Parler - Suspected Russian Operation Targeted Far-Right American Users on Platforms Including Gab and Parler, Resembled Recent IRA-Linked Operation that Targeted Progressives". https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_step_into_my_parler.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Gillin, Joshua (2018-04-20). "PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle". PolitiFact. http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2017/apr/20/politifacts-guide-fake-news-websites-and-what-they/. 
  8. ↑ Leskin, Paige (2018-12-19). "Russia's disinformation campaign wasn't just on Facebook and Twitter. Here are all the social media platforms Russian trolls weaponized during the 2016 US elections" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/all-social-apps-russian-trolls-used-spread-disinformation-2018-12. 
  9. ↑ "The Tactics & Tropes of the Internet Research Agency". https://disinformationreport.blob.core.windows.net/disinformation-report/NewKnowledge-Disinformation-Report-Whitepaper-121718.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Advisory Opinion Request". 2019-11-20. https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/2019-18/201918R_1.pdf. 
  11. ↑ "Advisory Opinion request, extension". 2019-12-11. https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/2019-18/201918R_2.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "Draft AO 2019-18 (IDF International Technologies)- Draft A". 2020-06-12. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/mtgdoc_20-03-A.pdf. 
  13. ↑ "ADVISORY OPINION 2019-18". 2020-06-18. https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/2019-18/2019-18.pdf. 



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