Ways to recognize fake websites

An insidious group is creating fake websites in the form of websites of various national dailies or established online portals to spread fake news through social media. Fake websites have been created in the form of websites of several reputed media outlets ahead of the 11th general elections.

Readers are being misled by spreading fake news on social media in the form of real websites. Most of the readers cannot recognize which is real and which is fake by looking at these news obtained through social media.

There are several ways to identify these fake websites. Readers will be able to identify which is fake and which is the right website if they pay attention to these issues.

Remember trusted websites

There can never be two websites with the same name on the Internet. So there will be a difference in name or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) with the original website. So remember the URL or name of your trusted news organization or bookmark it in a web browser.

Take a good look at the domain

You need to be careful if you see news from known news media on social media news feeds that do not match with them or do not match the reality. Whenever suspicious news catches your eye, you should look at the domain. The domain should be checked and not fake.

Check out ICANN's site

ICANN oversees the world's website addresses. If you have any doubts about a website, go to Icon's Domain Search page and enter or paste their website address. Go to Whois.Icann.Org to see when the website was created, who created it.

Usually the identity of such fake manufacturers is hidden. But if the news medium you know is old, their website will also be old. But the fake website can be seen created a few days ago.

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