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How Iran Spreads Disinformation around the World
(Reuters) Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing - Nile Net Online, part of an influence operation based in Tehran, is one of more than 70 websites found by Reuters which push Iranian propaganda to 15 countries. The sites are visited by more than half a million people a month, and have been promoted by social media accounts with more than a million followers. The sites underline how political actors worldwide are increasingly circulating distorted or false information online to influence public opinion. Social media companies have closed hundreds of accounts that promoted the sites or pushed Iranian messaging.