This website was seized by the FBI.... But the Wayback Machine still has it archived. Link will be in the comments. ~ Why was it seized?

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[–]Drewski 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is what a search turned up: United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Here, the four domains purported to be independent news outlets, but were actually operated by or on behalf of the IRGC to target the United States with pro-Iranian propaganda in an attempt to influence the American people to change United States foreign and domestic policy toward Iran and the Middle East

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I appreciate your investigation. So, news is not allowed to be pro-Iran, but they can be pro-Ukraine?

“Fake news organizations have become a new outlet for disinformation..."

Isn't that ironic? If the US government were against fake news, I think most, if not all, of the news media would have been seized a long time ago.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Misinformation is fine as long as it fits their narrative.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

FBI takeover of newsstand7.com shown on Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20201014051221/http://newsstand7.com/

And the last archived image of newsstand7.com before it was seized:

http://web.archive.org/web/20200812130451/http://newsstand7.com/

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Looks like a pretty generic shitty news site to me 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It does resemble many other sites that are considered mainstream media... Except for one topic of reporting that I see: the section Violence in America. That does not match most news reporting that said the riots in our cities were "mostly peaceful".

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Still seems strange, they were by no means the only outlet to report on violent protesters. Very curious FBI seizure