US government seizes 92 domains reported in Iran

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had confiscated 92 domains operated by the military organization Islamic Revolutionary Guard, IRGC, in favor of Iran and spreading prejudice or false information. Four of the seized domains refer to the media and have transmitted information within the United States.

Four of the 92 domains confiscated (newsstand7.com, usjournal.net, usjournal.us, twtoday.net) were active as media outlets, but are actually domains managed by IRGC and propaganda that could affect US domestic and foreign policy. Is said to have been spreading in the United States. In addition, the remaining 88 domains have been advertised in Western Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and they all pretend to be real media.

All 92 domains were managed by US companies. It is a violation of the foreign agent registration law in the United States for IRGC to operate a site using domain services in the United States without permission from the United States Overseas Asset Management Agency. Hence, 92 domains were confiscated by claiming jurisdiction by the Foreign Asset Management Bureau of the US Treasury Department.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the investigation started with information obtained from Google and was conducted in collaboration with the FBI, Google, Facebook, and Twitter. The FBI said the case is a good example of how the FBI prioritizes maintaining lasting relationships with various social media and technology companies. If these relationships are maintained, rapid information exchange will be possible to protect national security and democracy from threats. In addition, he also asked to be careful when sharing information found on social media.

The FBI’s willingness to fight against foreign propaganda media sending fake news that the Iranian government will continue to use all means to keep the Iranian government secretly promoting propaganda using US companies and social media, secretly affecting the American people and spreading discord. Indicated.

The fake news organization also added that authoritarian states are continuing to undermine democracy, and are becoming a new means of disseminating the information and that various laws can be used to justify the value of transparency. Related information can be found here .