About MedDMO

The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) brings together digital investigation journalists, media literacy experts and academic researchers from Cyprus, Greece and Malta working to counter the disinformation crisis facing democracies across the globe. The project is part of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), a network of hubs across Europe tackling disinformation narratives that have polarized the EU.


Fact-check Malta: Did police investigate the Stephen Spiteri false certificate case?
Fact-check Malta: Has Malta’s population ‘almost doubled’ since 2013?
Fact-check Malta: Viral satellite image of a desert-like Malta was not taken this year
The Anti-Disinformation Centre ‘Fact Check Cyprus’ was created at the Social Computing Research Centre of CUT
Israel-Hamas conflict: At the top of disinformation in Europe during October
Fact-check Malta: Are Ficus trees in Mosta ‘alien’ or ‘invasive’?
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News & Events

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The Anti-Disinformation Centre ‘Fact Check Cyprus’ was created at the Social Computing Research Centre of CUT

November 20, 2023 The Social Computing Research Centre of CUT (Home) ...
November 20, 2023
News & Events

Israel-Hamas conflict: At the top of disinformation in Europe during October

November 17, 2023 The highest relative percentage of fake news recorded ...
November 17, 2023

Research & Studies

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Research & Studies

Identifying Misinformation on YouTube through Transcript Contextual Analysis with Transformer Models

September 5, 2023 Cyprus University ...
September 5, 2023
Research & Studies

Detecting Disinformation Cascades on Twitter (CUT)

March 7, 2023 Recent events ...
March 7, 2023

Media Literacy

Resources

About deepfakes

What are deepfakes? Deepfakes are manipulated media, including videos, images, or audio, that have been created or altered using artificial ...
Media Literacy - Tools

Verification Plugin

The Fake News Debunker toolkit (or verification plug-in) has been developed in previous EU-funded projects, namely InVID (2016-2018) and WeVerify ...

EDMO Hubs

Click the map to see a list of EDMO’s 14 hubs, covering all
27 EU Member States plus Norway.

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The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) is an alliance of fact-checkers, media literacy experts and scientists taking a coordinated approach to combating disinformation and misinformation.

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This project has received funding from the European Union under Grant Agreement number 101083756. This website reflects the views only of the independent Consortium, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.