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

Fact Check, Politics

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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Images of Moroccan couple abandoning wedding to enter Ceuta are fake - Featured image

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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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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Fact-check Malta: What are PN’s renewable energy targets?

Environment, Fact Check, Politics

June 16, 2026 The Nationalist Party (PN) has pledged to reach a target of 30% renewable energy by 2030 if elected to government, not 50% as widely claimed. The confusion arose after a chatbot developed by the party to explain its electoral manifesto flagged the “conflicting targets” within the manifesto. In its section on clean

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Fact-check Malta: Does a promised corporate tax cut apply to dividend payments?

Economy, Fact Check, Politics

June 16, 2026 A Labour Party electoral pledge to slash corporate tax rates to 25% will only apply to a company’s retained profits, not to all income, as initially understood. On Monday May 4, Prime Minister Robert Abela and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana unveiled a pledge to cut corporate tax for companies with an annual

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