Analysis in January 2019
News and analysis from the world of fake news
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Thursday, January 17, 2019
- Macedonian Fake News Network Shuts Down Dozens Of Websites After Joint Investigation By Lead Stories & Nieuwscheckers
- How A Tattoo Led Us To The Macedonian Trucker Delivering Loads of Fake News To The Internet
- The Kumanovo-connection: Macedonian Spam Clans Still Make Money With Fake News About Muslims and Migrants
- Here Are The Tools And Methods We Used To Map A Macedonian Fake News Network And The People Behind It
- Decline and Fall Of A Macedonian Fake News Network: Numbers Indicate Facebook's Measures Forced Desperate Move To Twitter
Friday, January 4, 2019
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