""" Problematic domain list and lookup functions. Used by fineweb_edu_audit.py to flag documents from known misinformation sources. """ PROBLEMATIC_DOMAINS = { # --- Holocaust denial / historical revisionism --- "holocaust_denial": [ "codoh.com", # Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust "ihr.org", # Institute for Historical Review "holocausthandbooks.com", "inconvenienthistory.com", "vho.org", # Vrij Historisch Onderzoek "holocaustdeprogrammingcourse.com", "holocaustianity.com", "thetruthseeker.co.uk", ], # --- Anti-vaccine / medical misinformation --- "antivax_medical_misinfo": [ "naturalnews.com", "mercola.com", "articles.mercola.com", "greenmedinfo.com", "vaccinationinformationnetwork.com", "ageofautism.com", "thinktwice.com", "nvic.org", # National Vaccine Information Center "learntherisk.org", "childrenshealthdefense.org", "globalresearch.ca", # Centre for Research on Globalization "healthimpactnews.com", "wakingtimes.com", "collective-evolution.com", "healthnutnews.com", "preventdisease.com", "realfarmacy.com", "naturalsociety.com", # natural health misinformation, anti-vax adjacent "fluoridealert.org", # Fluoride Action Network — anti-fluoride pseudoscience "drweil.com", # alternative medicine ], # --- Climate denial --- "climate_denial": [ "wattsupwiththat.com", "climatedepot.com", "co2science.org", "heartland.org", "cfact.org", "climatechangedispatch.com", "joannenova.com.au", "notrickszone.com", "principia-scientific.com", "climaterealists.com", "drroyspencer.com", "conservapedia.com", # climate denial, creationism, anti-evolution "heritage.org", # Heritage Foundation — climate denial think tank "ncpa.org", # National Center for Policy Analysis — climate skepticism "wind-watch.org", # National Wind Watch — anti-renewable energy misinformation ], # --- Conspiracy theories --- "conspiracy": [ "infowars.com", "prisonplanet.com", "davidicke.com", "abovetopsecret.com", "beforeitsnews.com", "zerohedge.com", "vigilantcitizen.com", "henrymakow.com", "rense.com", "rumormillnews.com", "whatreallyhappened.com", "activistpost.com", "21stcenturywire.com", "thecommonsenseshow.com", "freerepublic.com", # far-right forum, conspiracy theories "wnd.com", # WorldNetDaily — far-right conspiracy site "unknowncountry.com", # Whitley Strieber — UFO/paranormal ], # --- Pseudoscience --- "pseudoscience": [ "spiritscience.net", "gaia.com", "in5d.com", "themindunleashed.com", "ancient-origins.net", # mixed, but heavy pseudoarchaeology "grahamhancock.com", "bibliotecapleyades.net", "crystalinks.com", "ascensionglossary.com", "divinecosmos.com", "icr.org", # Institute for Creation Research "answersingenesis.org", # Answers in Genesis (Ken Ham) "creation.com", # Creation Ministries International "realmagick.com", # occult/magic content "sacred-texts.com", # mixes legitimate texts with occult/esoteric "harunyahya.com", # Adnan Oktar — Islamic creationism "uncommondescent.com", # Intelligent Design blog "evolutionnews.org", # Discovery Institute — Intelligent Design propaganda "crev.info", # Creation-Evolution Headlines — young earth creationism "reasons.org", # Reasons to Believe — old earth creationism "mysteriousuniverse.org", # paranormal/UFO/pseudoscience "speakingtree.in", # spiritual/new age content "earth-chronicles.com", # ancient aliens / pseudoarchaeology ], # --- White supremacist / hate --- "hate_extremism": [ "stormfront.org", "amren.com", # American Renaissance "vdare.com", "counter-currents.com", "theoccidentalobserver.net", "radixjournal.com", "unz.com", # The Unz Review "takimag.com", "infogalactic.com", # alt-right Wikipedia fork (Vox Day) "breitbart.com", # far-right propaganda ], # --- Propaganda / state-sponsored disinfo --- "propaganda": [ "rt.com", "sputniknews.com", "presstv.ir", "mintpressnews.com", "thegrayzone.com", "southfront.press", "strategic-culture.su", "journal-neo.su", "rbth.com", # Russia Beyond the Headlines — Russian state media "newsmax.com", # right-wing misinformation, election fraud claims ], } # Flatten for quick lookup DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY = {} for category, domains in PROBLEMATIC_DOMAINS.items(): for domain in domains: DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY[domain] = category def check_domain(domain): """Check if a domain or any parent domain is in our problematic list.""" if domain in DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY: return DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY[domain] parts = domain.split(".") for i in range(1, len(parts)): parent = ".".join(parts[i:]) if parent in DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY: return DOMAIN_TO_CATEGORY[parent] return None