Fact-check Malta: Is a power cut deadly to someone with sleep apnoea?
Bernard Grech warned that power cuts can be fatal if someone’s sleep apnoea machine loses power
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Misleading claims about aircraft deployed to Greek wildfires spread online
The fire broke out near the village of Varnavas, north of Athens and reached the northern suburbs of the capital the following day. Authorities evacuated several towns around Athens, as well as hospitals. Meanwhile, the Greek fire service said 702 firefighters and 35 aircraft were battling the flames.
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Fact-check Malta: False adverts show laptops on sale for a pittance
The shop says it has been inundated with calls about a series of false adverts
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Fact-check Malta: Was Ryan Spagnol’s conviction hidden from sight?
The sentence only appeared online three months after it was handed down
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Turbine blade photo misused to claim Greek wildfire zone used for wind farm
“Soon neither 1 nor 2 but 92 wind turbines are expected to be installed from North to Central Evia, thus reaching the ‘magic’ number of 700. You read that right. 700 wind turbines. The burnt-out Evia of 550,000 acres has become… the battery of Greece’, reads a Facebook post from August 13, 2024, and shared over 2,100 times since.
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Fact-check Malta: Can a property owner rent their property to whoever they want?
A seemingly discriminatory advert for an apartment rental raised questions about the limits of property owners’ right to handpick their tenants
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Fact-check Malta: Inside the scam posts flooding Maltese social media
Hundreds of almost identical posts have hit Maltese Facebook in the past week
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Serifos wildfire misleadingly linked to abandoned wind farm project
On June 29, 2024, a wildfire broke out on the island of Serifos, which was only brought under control the following morning. The fire damaged houses, cottages, warehouses and chapels in the southern part of the island.
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Fact-check Malta: Was this photo of a dangerous e-scooter rider taken in Malta?
The photo went viral on Tuesday, sparking a series of anti-immigrant remarks
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United against disinformation: our work in numbers
When EDMO was launched in June 2020, its mission was clear: the creation of an interdisciplinary cross-border network that would elevate Europe’s understanding of – and collective efforts against – online disinformation.
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