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Fact-check Malta: TikTok flags pro-Labour Party fake news network during election

September 18, 2026 TikTok shut down a network of fake “news” accounts used to artificially boost pro-Labour Party narratives during the general election campaign, the platform has revealed. The social media company said it identified and removed nine accounts operating as part of a network targeting Maltese users. The accounts were created in Malta and […]

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Fact-check Malta: Does a proposed equality bill mean a ban on the crucifix in schools?

Fact Check, Health, Politics, Society, Uncategorized

September 14, 2026 A proposed human rights bill, promising to set up a new national human rights and equality commission, fell through in July, after failing to receive the required two-thirds parliamentary majority. The bill, which has been in the works for several years, promised to revolutionise Malta’s equality legislation, introducing new mechanisms for discrimination

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Fact-check Malta: Are pre-trial juror surveys ‘used across the world’?

Fact Check, Society

A survey commissioned by Yorgen Fenech’s uncle before his trial has sparked debate over the use of pre-trial polling

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Images of Moroccan couple abandoning wedding to enter Ceuta are fake

AI, Fact Check, Politics, Society

Tens of thousands of migrants flooded the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco late July 2026, but images widely claimed on social media to show a newlywed Moroccan couple ditching their wedding for the border are fake. AFP found no evidence to support the story and determined that the visuals were manipulated.

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Study does not prove vaccines increase dementia risk

Fact Check, Health, Science, Society

Research on dementia prevention has pointed to possible benefits from adult vaccination, but on social media, one study that failed to reaffirm those findings is being misrepresented to claim shots against influenza and pneumonia dramatically increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The paper’s lead author told AFP that despite its unexpected results, the study in no way proved a causal link between vaccination and the onset of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Fact-check: Is it ‘unrealistic’ for Malta’s population to reach 800,000 by 2040?

Fact Check, Politics, Society

Robert Abela brushed off the suggestion that Malta’s population could soon hit the 800,000 mark, but his own figures suggest otherwise

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Fact-check: How many young people use cocaine in Malta?

Fact Check, Health, Society

A new study shows that just 0.1% of young people consume cocaine, according to Home Affairs Minister Glenn Bedingfield

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Fact-check Malta: How much will Malta’s new cabinet cost?

Fact Check, Politics

July 3, 2026 Malta’s new cabinet, following the outcome of last month’s election, includes more ministers than ever before, with the cost to the public purse now soaring to €19 million. Prime Minister Robert Abela unveiled his new cabinet on June 2, just two days after his incumbent Labour Party won a fourth consecutive term

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Fact-check Malta: Did PN leader Alex Borg win more votes than Robert Abela and all previous PN leaders?

Fact Check, Politics

June 17, 2026 Despite his party’s defeat in Malta’s May 31 election, Nationalist Party (PN) supporters have pointed to the strong showing by party leader Alex Borg, arguing that his own personal performance has outshone those who came before him. Malta’s single transferable vote system requires voters to vote for individual candidates on their district’s

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Fact-check Malta: Did the government borrow €1 billion in the month leading to the election campaign?

Economy, Fact Check, Politics, Uncategorized

June 17, 2026 A controversial claim that Malta borrowed €1billion in the month before the general election was announced, made by PN leader Alex Borg, turned out not to be correct, through no fault of his own. Borg made the claim at a party rally just days ahead of the vote, on May 27, pointing

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