A town in central Macedonia is home to dozens of website operators who write fake news. More than 100 websites were tracked to Veles during the last week of the 2016 US presidential campaign.

In Macedonia's Veles, instead of studying, teenagers are trying to earn money, by writing, setting up news sites and passing on stories from other fake sites.
In Macedonia's Veles, instead of studying, teenagers are trying to earn money, by writing, setting up news sites and passing on stories from other fake sites. (TRTWorld)

Many of the so-called fake news websites that came into operation during the 2016 US election campaign have been traced to a small city in Macedonia.

Teenagers there were pumping out sensationalist stories as fast as they could make them up.

But the young Macedonians who started some of those sites say it wasn't political. Instead, they say they did it for the money.

TRT World's Nafisa Latic went to Veles to see how many were still in business.

Source: TRT World