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Imposter Site Misleads Readers, CU Independent Fights Back

1/6/2026

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An imposter site is using The CU Independent's former domain cuindependent.com, confusing readers and siphoning traffic.
The impersonator publishes AI-generated content, drawing readers away from cuindependent.org.
Greta Kerkhoff, editor-in-chief of The CU Independent, the student news outlet at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent personal funds to address this.
They are filing a complaint to reclaim the cuindependent.com domain and protect the outlet's rights.

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Story summary

An imposter site is using The CU Independent's former domain cuindependent.com, confusing readers and siphoning traffic.
The impersonator publishes AI-generated content, drawing readers away from cuindependent.org.
Greta Kerkhoff, editor-in-chief of The CU Independent, the student news outlet at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent personal funds to address this.
They are filing a complaint to reclaim the cuindependent.com domain and protect the outlet's rights.