hjst45
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I see these are already removed
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Question of the day - Will you subscribe to DSTV Now now?
List of Known Fake News Sites in South Africa (and beyond)
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I see these are already removed
Daisy Cloudskitter
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Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views
Forbes and Business Insider are both well-known news sites. So is forbesbusinessinsider.com a new spin-off?
No. It has nothing to do with either Forbes or Business Insider.
In fact, it's a site that copies and pastes entire articles from other publishers and reposts them with very slight changes.
There are 350 million registered domain names on the internet. Experts say it's impossible to count how many are sham news sites.
But just like legitimate websites, they earn money from the major tech companies that pay them to display ads.
Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views
Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.
www.bbc.com
Forbes and Business Insider are both well-known news sites. So is forbesbusinessinsider.com a new spin-off?
No. It has nothing to do with either Forbes or Business Insider.
In fact, it's a site that copies and pastes entire articles from other publishers and reposts them with very slight changes.
There are 350 million registered domain names on the internet. Experts say it's impossible to count how many are sham news sites.
But just like legitimate websites, they earn money from the major tech companies that pay them to display ads.
its easier to remember a shorter list of valid news sources than a long list of fake news sources.stadleroux
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Nuus.net
Let's just say they have a particularly... errr, liberal policy in their usage of the exclamation mark. Liberal as in a liberal sprinkling.
Let's just say they have a particularly... errr, liberal policy in their usage of the exclamation mark. Liberal as in a liberal sprinkling.
koeks525
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I ran into this website yesterday: https://www.livenews24.co.za/
Looks like a fake news website in the making.
Looks like a fake news website in the making.
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Have just received this via WhatsApp.
Food Lovers in Tokai has wine for sale with minimal queue time.
JUST IN: Minister Dlamini-Zuma reverses alcohol ban with immediate effect - Channel22News.com
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has, at 18:00 on 31 May 2020, made a scientificly informed decision to keep the alcohol ban in place during level 3 of lockdown in SA. A briefing on 01 June 2020 at 14:00 has been scheduled to provide clarity on the regulation reversal.
channel22news.com
Food Lovers in Tokai has wine for sale with minimal queue time.
I wish https://www.bellingcat.com/ would get more involved in African affairs.
LazyLion
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Added ....
• Operanewsapp.com [USA]
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www.operanewsapp.com
• Operanewsapp.com [USA]
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A Confession By South African Nurse To Deliberately Killing Foreign Nationals On Life Support
A Confession By South African Nurse To Deliberately Killing Foreign Nationals On Life Support - Health - operanewsapp
Loving Life 2020
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Lord of the Storm
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Loving Life is not fake on Youtube Channel, I visit it a few times a week on Youtube?
LazyLion
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We added his YouTube channel to our fake news list, because we have on several occasions challenged him about the fake stories he puts into his channel. But he refused to listen and said he would not change his way of doing things. He has also been challenged by many of the councillors for stirring up trouble with his unfounded statements. So we blacklisted him. But he is very popular with the Afrikaans community so many of them just forward his rubbish anyway. His name is Scott Balson and he lives in Australia. He likes to forward stuff that puts the ANC in a bad light but even worse he likes stories that confirm that the black people are making a mess of this country. Even if those stories are not true. News24 has also blacklisted him.
Welcome to the world of F.A.K.E. news .... in South Africa
To join Suidlanders: Email: homestays@gmail.com Text of News24 fake news article (retracted): HEADLINE: LOVING LIFE: FAK...
tesernid.blogspot.com
No, US law doesn’t mean Marines are coming to ‘stop genocide in South Africa’ | Africa Check
The US is not sending Marines to South Africa to stop what a website says is genocide happening against white people.
africacheck.org
EDIT: I must acknowledge that he did in fact delete most of the videos which were accused of feauturing fake news or being based on fake news, but unfortunatly it was usually AFTER the fact when the damage had already been done.
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Puk
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We added his YouTube channel to our fake news list, because we have on several occasions challenged him about the fake stories he puts into his channel. But he refused to listen and said he would not change his way of doing things. He has also been challenged by many of the councillors for stirring up trouble with his unfounded statements. So we blacklisted him. But he is very popular with the Afrikaans community so many of them just forward his rubbish anyway. His name is Scott Balson and he lives in Australia. He likes to forward stuff that puts the ANC in a bad light but even worse he likes stories that confirm that the black people are making a mess of this country. Even if those stories are not true. News24 has also blacklisted him.
Welcome to the world of F.A.K.E. news .... in South Africa
To join Suidlanders: Email: homestays@gmail.com Text of News24 fake news article (retracted): HEADLINE: LOVING LIFE: FAK...
No, US law doesn’t mean Marines are coming to ‘stop genocide in South Africa’ | Africa Check
The US is not sending Marines to South Africa to stop what a website says is genocide happening against white people.
EDIT: I must acknowledge that he did in fact delete most of the videos which were accused of feauturing fake news or being based on fake news, but unfortunatly it was usually AFTER the fact when the damage had already been done.
I support your decision to blacklist him and I'm Afrikaans. Please know that we're not all that naive to fall for this guy's incoherent, false doomsday negativity. I loathe expats who go on blasting our country once they leave. In my opinion, if you left, you should STFU.
HavocXphere
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Surprised by that. That's a news aggregator connected to the mainstream Opera browser. I guess they allow crowdsourced news?Added ....
• Operanewsapp.com [USA]
E.g.
A Confession By South African Nurse To Deliberately Killing Foreign Nationals On Life Support
A Confession By South African Nurse To Deliberately Killing Foreign Nationals On Life Support - Health - operanewsapp
LazyLion
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Right, that was where it all went awry. Allowing third party news posts.
koeks525
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I remember running into one of his videos and was outraged at the content. Never went back again.
Wish we could be nicer to each other.
All of them no doubt highly independent news sources, with every ounce of journalistic integrity in tact.
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louisnelza
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The NHS must have a really big advertising budget. No wonder the ANC wants their own NHI.