Disinformation related to the war in Ukraine reached its highest level in the last two years, according to data from EDMO fact checkers for March 2025.
Disinformation about Ukraine at two-year high in March 2025 Read More »
A slew of false or misleading statements were made by US President-elect Donald Trump and other members of his administration in February 2025.
D. Trump’s Fake News Rises in February Read More »
Disinformation about climate change and migration gained ground in January 2025, according to data from EDMO’s fact-checking network.
Climate and migration misinformation rally in January Read More »
February 27, 2025 Professors from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki participated in a conference on fake news in Europe organized at the Koventareio Municipal Library of Kozani under the auspices of the city’s EPAL. In particular, Mr. Andreas Veglis and Charalambos Dimoulas, professors of the Department of Journalism & Media at the University, spoke about
MedDMO at a conference on fake news in Kozani Read More »
Our plenary meeting in Impact Hub Athens has been kicked off Thursday Feb. 6, bringing us together around the table to take stock of the project’s progress and gear up for the final months of its first round.
MedDMO hub meeting in Athens Read More »
Disinformation about Syria saw a sharp rise in December, in the wake of the overthrow of the Assad regime by the country’s opposition forces.
The majority of false claims circulating on EU social media were clickbait and included the use of out-of-context images
Disinformation wave: Islamophobic claims return in December Read More »
Doing research into disinformation is rewarding. Sharing it – and how we go about it – with a group of close to 100 students is even more so.
From digital debunking to media censorship: a Malta workshop Read More »
Malicious disinformation narratives about the devastating floods that hit southern Spain in late October 2024 continued to circulate and increase their impact across the EU.
Malicious disinformation about the floods in Spain in late October Read More »
MedDMO is deeply concerned by Meta’s recent decision to reduce professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of user-driven “community notes.”
MedDMO Statement on Meta’s Decision to Cut Back on Fact-Checking Read More »
December 17, 2024 The European Digital Media Observatory is a network of consortia that brings together a multidisciplinary and transnational community of independent fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and researchers engaged in detecting, exposing and countering disinformation, while developing the epistemological bases for relevant policies, notably in the field of media, digital services and associated educational
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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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