In a report entitled “Russian influence efforts converge on 2024 Paris Olympic Games” published in June 2024, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Centre (MTAC) said that it had “observed a network of Russia-affiliated actors pursuing a range of malign influence campaigns against France, French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the Paris Games”.
Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics Read More »
Clayton Bartolo made the claim last week. Edward Zammit Lewis said the same thing a decade ago.
Fact-check Malta: Did PN try to turn Malta’s film studios into a fish farm? Read More »
July 8, 2024 Shocking new revelations into a Steward-funded campaign orchestrated to smear former Health Minister Chris Fearne led inaccurate claims over whether this absolved Fearne of his ongoing legal troubles linked to a concession awarding three of Malta’s public hospitals to a private consortium. The deal was later taken over by US healthcare giant
Fact-check Malta: Do smear campaign reports clear Chris Fearne? Read More »
Robert Abela alluded to the case when replying to questions on Monday
Fact-check Malta: Did PN open a court case against Chris Fearne? Read More »
July 1, 2024 What do Malta’s former prime minister, a podcaster and a journalist have in common? They and others are the subject of a new scam circulating locally on social media. Cyber scams are becoming more sophisticated, though this latest one is not particularly ingenious. Consisting of posts identical in form and content, most
June 27, 2024 Several of Malta’s largest localities emerged from the local council elections held on 8 June with hung councils, after neither of Malta’s two main political parties obtained a majority of seats. In Birkirkara, one of Malta’s most populated towns, the Labour Party (PL) and Nationalist Party (PN) each won six seats, meaning
Fact-check Malta: Who gets to be mayor in Malta’s hung councils? Read More »
Tens of thousands have flocked to the northern city of Thessaloniki for EuroPride between June 21 and 29, after Greece became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption in February (archived here).
LGBTQ Greeks battle online hate in landmark year for rights Read More »
The actual number is closer to 100,000, made up entirely of EU and British nationals
Fact-check Malta: Could 87,000 foreigners vote in the local council elections? Read More »
June 20, 2024 Prior to the MEP elections held on June 8, 2024, the Maltese state broadcaster, TVM, aired an advert containing footage manipulated to support the agenda of a far-right MEP candidate. The advert was produced by far-right party Imperium Europa. It features the party’s founder and leader, Norman Lowell, urging people to “open
A popular Facebook post said NSO data shows this to be the case
Fact-check: Is Malta’s population now at 717,000 people? Read More »
The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) is an alliance of fact-checkers, media literacy experts and scientists taking a coordinated approach to combating disinformation and misinformation.
This project has received funding from the European Union under Grant Agreement number 101083756. This website reflects the views only of the independent Consortium, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.