October 30, 2025 30.10.2025 Media experts from around the Mediterranean held a public event at the University of Malta on Thursday (30th October) on the theme of fighting disinformation and empowering society. This interactive event marked the start of the second round of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO), an EU-funded project bringing together journalists, […]
October 20, 2025 The official start of the second round of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory is just around the corner, as partners will lay out their renewed plans in Malta on the 30th and 31st of October. As part of the kick off meeting, a separate session will be held, designed to bring together
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A study published by the MedDMO team in the Online Information Review focuses on the perception of disinformation among journalism students in Greece, Cyprus and Malta. The study examines how journalism students in Greece, Cyprus and Malta perceive and understand disinformation, particularly with regard to migration issues.
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October 3, 2025 In their successive appearances in recent days both in the media and in important discussion panels and podcasts, researchers from the Cyprus University of Technology and Fact Check Cyprus have extensively referred to the problem of disinformation in Cyprus. In particular, Dr. Michalis Sirivianos gave an interview to a podcast related to
September 18, 2025 The most targeted topic by disinformation in the month of August according to EDMO, has been climate change, in line with the growing trend registered the past month. Additionally, false news related to the war in Ukraine and to the European Union have also increased, as it happened with disinformation on the
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Misinformation about migrants increased by five percentage points in July compared to June, according to the EDMO brief.
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Through this report, by focusing on Facebook, MedDMO demonstrates that deepfake-powered scams have emerged on social media platforms in Greece. Since late 2022, fact-checkers have identified several cases of fraudulent advertisements using AI-generated content, representing a notable evolution from traditional online fraud tactics.
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In this report, we present the work conducted under Work Package 5 regarding the monitoring of media plurality in the region of Greece, Cyprus and Malta. The report examines the plurality and diversity of the news media ecosystem in 2024 in the three countries comprising the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) Hub.
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Multiple false narratives about COVID-19 vaccines and their alleged harmful effects have spread across Cyprus, including fabricated stories about celebrity deaths caused by vaccines, distorted research findings about cancer survival rates and false claims about vaccines’ effect on behaviour. This report examines how some of these claims originated and made their way across the country.
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This report examines a disinformation campaign promoting various unproven alternative medicine therapies and substances as miraculous cures for serious medical conditions. These narratives exploit people’s desire for simple, natural solutions to complex health problems while deliberately omitting critical safety information and scientific evidence.
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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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