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Malta general election 2026 – Weekly brief: AI slopaganda and identity politics

May 8, 2026 On 27th April, Malta’s prime minister Robert Abela announced a snap general election for 30th May, nine months before his administration’s term is due to be up. Political parties are now in full campaign mode. Billboards mark the country’s roads, leaflets fill letterboxes and lie scattered in gutters, doorbells ring as candidates

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University of Cyprus: Workshops on Disinformation for Lower Secondary School Students

May 8, 2026 Informational workshops for students on the topic of “Disinformation and Content Verification” were conducted by the Journalism Research Laboratory (J-Lab) of the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus on Wednesday, 06/05/2026, at the Regional Gymnasium of Agia Varvara in Nicosia. The workshops were held within the framework

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AI-driven disinformation hits new record in the EU

Disinformation produced or manipulated with artificial intelligence rose sharply in December 2025, according to the 55th EDMO Brief published by the European Digital Media Observatory. Out of 1,605 fact-checking articles published across Europe, 16% focused on content created or altered using AI tools. The figure marks a new record and suggests that artificial intelligence is no longer a marginal factor, but a central driver of online disinformation.

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