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Noticias falsas[2] Los sitios web de noticias falsas son plataformas en línea que difunden intencionadamente contenidos inexactos, engañosos o sensacionalistas, a menudo disfrazados de noticias legítimas. Estos sitios suelen utilizar titulares llamativos para atraer a los lectores y aumentar el número de clics, sobre todo para obtener ingresos por publicidad en línea. Pueden afectar profundamente a la sociedad, especialmente en la esfera política, donde pueden manipular la opinión pública y propagar falsedades. Conscientes de los riesgos, gigantes tecnológicos, líderes mundiales y numerosas instituciones se esfuerzan por frenar la propagación de estos sitios web. Conocidos proveedores de estos contenidos engañosos proceden de países como Rusia, Macedonia del Norte, Rumanía y Estados Unidos. La influencia mundial de los sitios web de noticias falsas es muy amplia, y afecta a países que van desde China y Alemania hasta Estados Unidos. En respuesta a la aparición de estos sitios de desinformación se están aplicando diversas medidas a escala mundial, tanto legislativas como ejecutivas. desinformación[1] sitios.
Sitios web de noticias falsas (también denominado sitios web de noticias falsas) son sitios web en el Internet que publican deliberadamente noticias falsas-bulos, propaganday desinformación pretendiendo ser noticias reales-a menudo utilizando redes sociales para conducir tráfico web y amplificar su efecto. A diferencia de sátira informativaLos sitios web de noticias falsas buscan deliberadamente ser percibidos como legítimos y tomados al pie de la letra, a menudo para obtener beneficios económicos o políticos. Tales sitios han promovido falsedades políticas en India, Alemania, Indonesia y Filipinas, Suecia, México, Myanmar y Estados Unidos. Muchos sitios tienen su origen en Rusia o Macedonia del Norte, entre otros países, o son promovidos por ellos. Algunos analistas de medios de comunicación los han considerado una amenaza para la democracia. En 2016, la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores aprobó una resolución en la que advertía de que el Gobierno ruso estaba utilizando "pseudo-agencias de noticias" y Trolls de Internet como propaganda de desinformación para debilitar la confianza en los valores democráticos.
En 2015, la Servicio de Seguridad SuecoLa Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de Suecia publicó un informe en el que concluía que Rusia estaba utilizando noticias falsas para inflamar "divisiones en la sociedad" mediante la proliferación de propaganda. Suecia Ministerio de Defensa encargó a su Agencia de Contingencias Civiles con la lucha contra las noticias falsas procedentes de Rusia. Las noticias fraudulentas afectaron a la política en Indonesia y Filipinas, donde simultáneamente había un uso generalizado de las redes sociales y recursos limitados para comprobar la veracidad de las afirmaciones políticas. La Canciller alemana Angela Merkel advirtió del impacto social de "sitios falsos, bots, trolls".
Artículos fraudulentos difundidos a través de las redes sociales durante el Elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses de 2016y varios funcionarios de la Comunidad de Inteligencia de EE.UU. dijo que Rusia se dedicaba a difundir noticias falsas. Seguridad informática empresa FireEye Rusia utilizó las redes sociales para difundir noticias falsas como parte de un ciberguerra campaña. Google y Facebook prohibió el uso de sitios falsos publicidad en línea. Facebook lanzó una asociación con sitios web de verificación de hechos para señalar las noticias fraudulentas y los bulos; entre las organizaciones de desacreditación que se sumaron a la iniciativa figuran: Snopes.com, FactCheck.orgy PolitiFact. Presidente de EE.UU. Barack Obama dijo que el desprecio de los hechos había creado una "nube de polvo sin sentido". Jefe del Servicio Secreto de Inteligencia (MI6) Alex Younger llamó a la propaganda de noticias falsas en línea peligrosa para las naciones democráticas.