Fact-check Malta: X gives fake Myriam Spiteri Debono account verified status
President’s actual account remains unverified
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Fact-check Malta: Latest AI scam mimics Robert Abela’s voice
The scam uses audio deepfakes to encourage fraudulent investments
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Fact-check Malta: Did a 2014 road safety strategy hit its targets?
February 4, 2025 The news of two fatal traffic accidents right at the beginning of the new year thrust long-standing concerns over road safety in Malta back into the spotlight. On Monday 6 January, 25-year-old Alejandro Brincat was killed after he lost control of his car in the town of Attard. On the same day, a
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Meta profits from known pro-Russian disinfo network: researchers
January 28, 2025 Social media giant Meta made hundreds of thousands of dollars last year from content posted by a well-known pro-Russian disinformation network, researchers have claimed. Tens of thousands of Facebook users in France, Germany, Poland and Italy were targeted with cartoons mocking French politicians, messages hostile to European aid to Ukraine and other
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Fact-check Malta: Are young people leaving Malta?
Studies frequently show that youths are unhappy, but few seem to be venturing abroad
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Fact-check Malta: How much was the Gozo swimming pool meant to cost?
The oft-delayed project is suspected to have gone over-budget
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‘Form of violence’: Across globe, deepfake porn targets women politicians
January 15, 2025 From the United States to Italy, Britain, and Pakistan, female politicians are increasingly becoming victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography or sexualized images, in a troubling trend that researchers say threatens women’s participation in public life. An online boom in non-consensual deepfakes is outpacing efforts to regulate the technology globally, experts say, with
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Fact-check Malta: examining Robert Abela’s claims about public transport
Is Malta the only country to offer free public transport? And are the Maltese using buses more frequently? Abela certainly thinks so
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Fact check Malta: Former politician peddles misinformation about political murders
November 20, 2024 A recently-resurfaced video clip shows a former Labour Party minister perpetuating misinformation about political murders in Malta. Joe Debono Grech, once a Labour minister in the 1980s and 1990s, was a guest on ‘Madwar Mejda’ (‘Around the Table’), a television programme on ONE, the station owned by Malta’s ruling Labour Party. During
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Fact-check Malta: Did Amanda Muscat receive just €16,000 more than a secretary?
Robert Abela made the claim in an interview, but that figure doesn’t add up
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