Yesterday’s media literacy and digital verification workshop held in Larissa, Greece brought together eight journalists from regional media organizations, including online news platforms and radio stations.
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In January 2026, a covertly recorded video alleging irregularities in the financing of Nikos Christodoulides’s 2023 presidential campaign surfaced on X under the account “Emily Thompson” and, within hours, spread into Cypriot broadcast and online media.
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Ongoing wars and electoral processes once again created fertile ground for disinformation across Europe in March 2026. According to the latest EDMO monthly brief, the war between Israel/USA and Iran became the most dominant disinformation topic of the month, filling online platforms with misleading claims, recycled footage and manipulated visuals.
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Polarisation is being exploited repeatedly in political rhetoric and forms the bedrock of much of the disinformation circulating in Malta and other places, not least in the United States.
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The latest EDMO monthly brief highlights how major international events, such as the Winter Olympics, are being used to spread false narratives across Europe. In February 2026, fact-checkers recorded more than 1,200 cases of disinformation, with claims related to the war in Ukraine and migration being the most widespread.
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March 13, 2026 Online disinformation and ways to tackle it were the focus of the second open event of MedDMO, which took place on February 26 at the Information Center – “Stelios Ioannou” Library of the University of Cyprus, in Nicosia. With the presence of people from both academia and the media, but of course
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The EDMO monthly brief for January 2026 shows that international political crises continue to play a key role in shaping disinformation across Europe. During the reporting period, more than 1,600 cases of false or misleading content were recorded, with most of them targeting the European Union, followed by narratives related to Ukraine and migration.
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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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In a recent interview with Euronews, Michalis Sirivianos, scientific coordinator of Fact Check Cyprus and member of the MedDMO, commented on the controversy surrounding leaked video footage that circulated widely on social media in Cyprus earlier this year.
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The November fact-checking brief of EDMO points to a clear shift in how disinformation is being produced and shared. Pro-Russian and xenophobic narratives are increasingly amplified through generative AI, making false content easier to produce, quicker to spread, and often more convincing.
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