U.S. Seizes 92 Websites Used by Iran to Spread Disinformation
- Four of the domains were fake news sites targeting Americans
- Google, Facebook, Twitter helped with investigation by FBI
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The U.S. Justice Department seized 92 websites it said were used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to spread disinformation.
Four of the web domains -- Newsstand7.com, usjournal.net, usjournal.us and twtoday.net -- were disguised as genuine news outlets based in the U.S., which the Justice Department determined were controlled by the Iranian guard. The sites appeared to target Americans with Iranian propaganda about U.S. domestic and foreign policy, according to documents released Wednesday.