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Fact check Malta: Labour Party supporters use AI to turn civil society protest into a partisan battle

April 14, 2025  Supporters of Malta’s Labour Party are sharing photorealistic AI-generated images in partisan Facebook groups that attempt to portray opposition leader Bernard Grech at a civil society protest in the capital city of  Valletta. A protest was held by a number of local NGOs on 2nd April 2025 outside the parliament building in […]

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Russian disinformation ‘infects’ AI chatbots, researchers warn

March 13, 2025 A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow. The Pravda network, a well-resourced Moscow-based operation to spread pro-Russian narratives globally, is said to be distorting the output

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Fact-check Malta: Fishing for attention – AI-generated videos making waves

March 10, 2025 AI-generated videos are filling social media feeds, and they are looking increasingly real, even if logic suggests otherwise. Take this video, for example, which is currently doing the rounds on Instagram. It appears to show a team of fishermen out at sea hauling a mammoth oyster onto their boat. They proceed to

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Video shows train crash anniversary rally in Greece, not mass protest in Romania

Romania’s constitutional court annulled the presidential election in December 2024 after allegations emerged of Russian meddling in favour of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who unexpectedly won the first round after shooting to prominence virtually overnight. On February 26, 2025, Romania indicted Georgescu on charges including making “false statements” over his campaign financing and starting a “fascist, racist or xenophobic organisation”. Georgescu denies wrongdoing. The election is to be rerun in May.

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Fact-check Malta: Roses are red, President Trump said: Yes, the White House did share this Valentine’s Day post on social media

March 6, 2025 Valentine’s Day is usually a celebration of love. But this year, the White House put a dark spin on the popular ‘roses are red, violets are blue’ refrain to promote deportations, unwittingly duping several people into thinking its social media Valentine’s Day post was false. Around 14th February, social media users around

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Video of Greek train crash anniversary rally falsely shared as anti-migrant protest

“Massive riot in Greece. Thousands of patriots are calling for the resignation of the globalist treacherous government. More than 500 illegal migrants arrive in Greece by boat every day,” reads an English-language post on X that has been viewed over a million times since it was posted on March 2, 2025 and shared more than 7,000 times. It is accompanied by a 15-second video showing massive crowds of demonstrators walking down a major street in central Athens, near the Greek parliament building. 

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