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The following is a list of websites, separated by owner 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 based in Russia.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union used propaganda and disinformation as "active measures...against the populations of Western nations".[11]: 51 During the administration of Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, "disinformation" was discussed in the Russian media and by Russian politicians in relation to the disinformation of the Soviet era ...
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.
Roundcheck (https://roundcheck.com.ng/): is a youth-led factchecking organization in Nigeria combating misinformation and disinformation and promoting media literacy. One of their objectives is integrating young people into factchecking to help curb the spread of information disorder.
This is a list of miscellaneous fake news websites that don't fit into any of the other fake news website lists such as these lists of: fake news website campaigns by individuals, corporate disinformation website campaigns, fraudulent fact-checking websites, fake news websites based on generative AI, hate group-sponsored fake news websites,
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.
Targalski observed there existed about 20 specific fake news websites in Poland which spread Russian disinformation in the form of fake news. [176] One example cited was the false claim that Ukraine had claimed that the Polish city of Przemyśl was occupied by Poland. [176]
The campaign created copycat websites of the newspapers, using them to promote pro-Russian content, including a fake Le Monde article titled "French Minister supports the murder of Russian soldiers in Ukraine". A fake Ministry of Foreign Affairs website was also created, including a fake announcement for a 1.5% tax on "every monetary ...