November 5, 2025 The MedDMO 2 kick-off meeting, held last week at the University of Malta, attracted notable attention from local media outlets, underscoring the growing public interest in efforts to combat disinformation across the Mediterranean region. The event was covered by Times of Malta, which highlighted the challenges of disinformation affecting even young audiences, […]
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October 30, 2025 30.10.2025 Media experts from around the Mediterranean held a public event at the University of Malta on Thursday (30th October) on the theme of fighting disinformation and empowering society. This interactive event marked the start of the second round of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO), an EU-funded project bringing together journalists,
October 20, 2025 The official start of the second round of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory is just around the corner, as partners will lay out their renewed plans in Malta on the 30th and 31st of October. As part of the kick off meeting, a separate session will be held, designed to bring together
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October 3, 2025 In their successive appearances in recent days both in the media and in important discussion panels and podcasts, researchers from the Cyprus University of Technology and Fact Check Cyprus have extensively referred to the problem of disinformation in Cyprus. In particular, Dr. Michalis Sirivianos gave an interview to a podcast related to
September 18, 2025 The most targeted topic by disinformation in the month of August according to EDMO, has been climate change, in line with the growing trend registered the past month. Additionally, false news related to the war in Ukraine and to the European Union have also increased, as it happened with disinformation on the
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Misinformation about migrants increased by five percentage points in July compared to June, according to the EDMO brief.
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The most heavily disinformation-driven topic in June 2025 was the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, which also contributed to a significant increase in AI-generated disinformation.
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An educational seminar on the topic of “Disinformation and Content Verification Practices” took place on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the premises of the University of Cyprus (UCY) in Nicosia. The audience consisted of 30 high school students (aged 15 to 18) in the context of the 2025 UCY Summer Academies for students.
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The educational documentary of the InfoReady research project, which seeks answers about the phenomenon of disinformation in Europe, has been published. In particular, the documentary delves into four areas of disinformation: climate change, health, migration and LGBTQ+ issues.
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Our hub, covering Malta, Cyprus, and Greece, has contributed to two newly published reports by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) that offer in-depth insights into how disinformation is addressed across the EU.
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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.
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