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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.
LegitScript's founder and former CEO is John Horton, [5] who was a White House aide on drug policy issues from 2002 to 2007. [6] Scott Roth is the company's current CEO. The company is a founding member of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies. [7]
An Internet bot, web robot, robot or simply bot, [1] is a software application that runs automated tasks on the Internet, usually with the intent to imitate human activity, such as messaging, on a large scale. [2] An Internet bot plays the client role in a client–server model whereas the server role is usually played by web servers. Internet ...
Modifies wikilinks to redirects to include the target name in the title attribute (which is visible when hovering over the link), e.g. WP:USL → Wikipedia:User scripts/List. N/A: N/A: Subdue Links : Adds options to the tools menu to make content hyperlink text colouration turn-off-and-on-able. Doesn't affect UI links. N/A: N/A
Bots: Bots are programs that edit automatically or semi-automatically. Editors who use bots are encouraged to create separate accounts, and ask that they be marked as bot accounts via Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval , so that the automated edits can be filtered out of recent changes .
The account's name should identify the bot function (e.g. <Task>Bot), or the operator's main account (e.g. <Username>Bot). In all cases, it should be immediately clear that the edits are made by an automated account, which is usually achieved by including Bot at the end of the account name. Bots must edit only while logged into their account.
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A spambot is a computer program designed to assist in the sending of spam.Spambots usually create accounts and send spam messages with them. [1] Web hosts and website operators have responded by banning spammers, leading to an ongoing struggle between them and spammers in which spammers find new ways to evade the bans and anti-spam programs, and hosts counteract these methods.