The Dhaka Times Desk Nowadays, when you open your computer, you see many websites. It is very difficult to know which of these websites is fake and which is real. Learn how to recognize fake websites today.
Some nefarious circles are creating fake websites similar to the websites of national dailies or established online portals to spread fake news through social media. Especially ahead of the election of the 11th National Assembly, several fake websites have been created on the model of the websites of several famous news media. A report in this regard has also been published in a BBC Bengali report. The information of which is inserted here.
Fake websites are creating confusion among the readers due to fake news being spread on social media. Most of the readers do not understand what is real and what is fake by looking at these news on social media.
Some ways to recognize these fake websites are being presented to the readers today. If you take care of these things, you can recognize which is fake and which is real website.
Remember which websites are trustworthy
One thing to note is that there can never be two websites with the same name on the Internet. So there will be quite a difference between the name or the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) with the actual website. So remember the URL or name of your trusted news organization or bookmark it in your web browser.
Check the domain of the website
One thing to be aware of, is that if you see stories from popular news outlets in your social media news feed, which never match or even match reality, then you need to be careful. Whenever Konop sees suspicious news, it should take a closer look at the domain. The domain should be checked to see if it is fake or real.
Go to the ICANN site and check it properly
One thing you may not know is that an organization called ICANN takes care of the world's website addresses. If you are in doubt about a website, go to Icon's domain search page and type or paste their website address. Visit this address (https://whois.icann.org/en) to see when the website was created or who created it.
Generally, the identity of such fake manufacturers is always hidden. But if the news media you know is old, their website will also be old. But the fake website will appear to have been created a few days ago, that is, it has been created very few days ago. And then you will understand the difference between original and fake.
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