A list of 20+ connected domains that spread fake news. (whatever)

submitted ago by MadWorld

I came across @tendiesonfloor's recent submission, and decided to dig a little, because he is known to submit fake news.

After some search, it turned out there is a large group of domains that are connected by its content. Each domain, within the group, seems to share a subset of identical "articles" with different dates. The dates may vary within two years. Some articles treat very old news as new, with twisted titles. Some articles originated from satire site that has being wiped. I picked a couple of examples to show, but you can check each site yourself.

There are approximately 38 users who have submitted from at least one of those domains, 5 users with good scp/ccp scores. I am not sure how many users have deleted their accounts, but that number is small.

Domains:

Examples of fake news:

Sites using same/similar template with no contact info:

Submissions on Voat:

List of other domains involved, taken from other twitter users:

MISC domains:

Example of recently registered domain:

  • tapainfo.com whois
    • Domain: tapainfo.com
    • Registrar: One.com A/S
    • Registered On: 2018-11-15
    • Updated On: 2019-01-10
    • Expires On: 2019-11-15
  • news, Home
  • Magazine: default page.
  • World/Nature
  • Travel: 2 articles.
  • Food: default page.
  • Life/Lifestyle
  • Health & Fitness: default page.
  • Gallery: again, default page with sample text.
  • About: likewise, default page. *Contact: default page.
    • another default text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit...
    • Address: 8901 Marmora Road, Glasgow, D04 89GR
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Phone: (800) 0123 – 456 – 7890
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    • V&J a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable, sub licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.
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PeaceSeeker ago

Excellent work, m8. I have to say I don't recognize any of these domains but I agree with your conclusions. Very "tabloid-esque" domains that Voat users should definitely be aware of, and Voat users should also make mental notes about any users who frequently post from these domains.

Many of the domain pages you linked to are empty, however, which matches up with the fact that I've never seen links posted from those domains. However, some are not empty, despite my never having seen posts from those domains before, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything. My real concern is that users who may have been posting from those domains may have seen this post and deleted their posts, which would be very suspicious if multiple users all did the same thing. It suggests that this is a group subversive effort.

Were all of those domain pages populated with posts at the time of your posting this? Did you make a list of users who have been posting these domains?

Thanks to /u/TheBuddha for drawing my attention to this post.

EDIT: I guess by citing multiple specific examples of these domains you inadvertently made the above mentioned list of users. I would be curious to see if anyone deletes their posts.

MadWorld ago

Voat users should also make mental notes about any users who frequently post from these domains.

Agree, I will also keep an eye on that.

Many of the domain pages you linked to are empty, however, which matches up with the fact that I've never seen links posted from those domains. However, some are not empty, despite my never having seen posts from those domains before, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I believe whoever is controlling those domains has shut down some sites already. The last time I checked, while making the archives, those sites were still up and running. The ones that give you empty or one.com page have been wiped.

Were all of those domain pages populated with posts at the time of your posting this? Did you make a list of users who have been posting these domains?

Some submissions were old, as far as I can remember. It would take some time to look into other accounts. But we should also keep in mind that those accounts could well have submitted from those sites unknowingly. We have a tendency to only see things that confirm our believes.