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The scenic town of Veles, Macedonia, is home to at least 100 false US news sites.

Kids in Macedonia made up and circulated many false news stories in the US election

November 16, 2016Media

It turns out that a lot of the false news stories shared on social media before the election were generated by teenagers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. And according to BuzzFeed News, they made a good amount of money doing it.

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