meddmo

This report examines the main disinformation narratives that circulated in Greece and Cyprus during the first months of the 2026 US/Israel war on Iran. Drawing on fact-checks published by leading Greek and Cypriot fact-checking organisations, it analyses how false and misleading claims spread across social media, news websites and other online platforms.

Just before and after the prime minister called Malta’s snap general election, a number of dubious domains were registered, all leading to websites that were decidedly biased towards the governing Labour Party.

May 25, 2026 By Theofile Bloudanis The “Sandy” case, or “Sandygate”, in Cyprus quickly moved from the realm of a political and judicial scandal to that of a controversy over the reliability of the digital evidence linked to the investigation that “exposed” the scandal. The accusations made public by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, a candidate in

May 25, 2026 By Thanos Sitistas Behind seemingly harmless videos of young Chinese women speaking fluent Greek, sharing everyday moments, cultural stories and cheerful messages about China, a more complex influence operation appears to be taking shape. A network of Greek-language social media accounts, some officially labelled by Meta as China state-controlled media, has built