April 2024: EU and climate change related misinformation was up, false claims around Ukraine are down slightly

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June 3, 2024

22% of all misinformation recorded in the month of April 2024 was equally about the European Union and climate change (each one at 11%).

From the brief published by EDMO and which is based on the analysis of 1,716 articles, it appears that the disinformation about the war between Israel and Hamas and the war in Ukraine reaches 10% each.

6% of the misinformation was related to COVID-19, 5% to immigration issues and 2% to misinformation against the LGBTI+ community and issues related to gender issues.

See the detailed brief here.

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