I checked some of their source code and have some interesting findings.
George.news uses the app id 362293833600.
<meta content="362293833600" property="fb:app_id" />
If we look the owner up, we get the following response from FB: https://graph.facebook.com/362293833600
"category": "Utilities",
"link": "https://paper.li/",
"name": "Paper.li",
"namespace": "paper_li",
"id": "362293833600"
}
Ok so I want to find out what this paper.li is about, they provide out of the box platforms for news/blogs just as George news is a customer of them. Ok so far.
- I digged further into the api of this platform, it was created in "created_at":"2018-10-21T18:23:02Z". So the account that george news uses, is much older (pre-planned) or spin-off from failed project?.
"created_at":"2018-10-21T18:23:02Z"
https://george.news/~api/papers/04247827-e179-48cb-856b-48c99fd91e16?
What really bothers me, Paper.li is owned by Finity SA (finity.ai) according to their Privacy policy https://paper.li/privacy.html.
On their website there is a video under the tab "events" https://finity.ai/#onglet1|2 where they hosted or monitored the World Economic Forum Live event tweets etc. So the company behind the platform of George.news is working for the WEF!
The profile picture below of george news links to https://dfns.tv, which redirects to their youtube channel a whois search doesn't bring anything up. Who can dig further into this?
https://defensetv.org is also build on top of paper.li it has a different and more realistic creation date. "created_at":"2020-02-06T08:22:55Z"
Source: https://defensetv.org/~api/papers/a9525c52-a7d6-4059-bc78-e186a944fafb
credits: @Cosmoa
They are tracking every move via the following integrations: Twitter, facebook, google analytics (GTM), Addthis button and paper.li tracking. Hello privacy ?
QDROP Seems more than a coincidence that this drop was also in 2018. Could it be that they knew that George news was Fake News psyop? https://qalerts.app/?n=529 credits: @Blind_Marksman
UPDATE
BIG FIND: they are loading https://z.moatads.com/addthismoatframe568911941483/moatframe.js into to George news website. Searching for moatads on Google gives you the following result:.
Moatads Moatads.com is a browser hijacker that comes to your computer in the form of add-on for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. ... Moatads.com also can analyze your browsing and collect your personal data. Some data may be transferred to third parties without your consent.
Update: Addthis and Moat are Oracle company products, just some more tracking services. If you have adblock enabled it will block them by default. Never trust google as main source.Thanks @scyenceFiction
They don't have a privacy policy or terms and conditions page. Every website has one even GAW. Who are they?
Credits: @FrenchFrogsForTrump
That's true, but I hardly agree with your estimation of what wordpress is. Yes you can manage every line of code in wordpress, but is that reasonable? I don't think so. You would have to be a php dev + more to be able to do it. Same with gatsby or other builders. If you can find an out of the box solution that allows you to drag/drop, that would be even better because you drastically cut your upfront capital and need to hire a development team.
paper.li is a platform to make a news based site with little to no technical knowledge. It's the best platform for the job for a bunch of non tech minded people. Same thing with lots of other packaged website solutions. They fit the bill. So if you need a fairly simple news based website without needing to be a developer, and want it up and running quickly, it makes sense to pick something like that. I would do something like that if I needed something simple and didn't want to pay lots to design a brand new site from the bottom up.
My point is that they probably searched for a page/site builder because they wanted to host articles/etc and they picked a popular builder that was featured in Wired and other popular sources to get the job done. Doesn't mean correlation and that they have a personal relationship with the owner.
I’m not stating they have direct connection. I’m just making you guys aware that platform behind it captures the data and do allot of stuff with it, and they just coincidentally worked recently for the WEF. You are a free men to do whatever you want with it.