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YouTube users trip over fake AI tributes to Charlie Kirk

October 21, 2025 “Thank you, Adele, it’s such a beautiful ...

Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations

October 21, 2025 Claim: The family of a tragic car ...
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Trump, RFK Jr repeat autism misinformation during cabinet meeting

US President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., doubled down on misinformation about the causes of autism during an October 9, ...

Fact-check Malta: What does a proposed planning reform say about regularising illegal properties?

October 13, 2025 Claim: A proposed reform to planning laws ...
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Fact-check Malta: Misleading claims around PN’s environmental bill

A bill proposing the right to a clean environment was shot down last week, with critics warning of its negative repercussions
Fact-check: What’s going on with the Ta’ Qali picnic area ground cover? - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: What’s going on with the Ta’ Qali picnic area ground cover?

Photos of the area covered in gravel sparked an outcry
Fact-check: Alex Borg’s Ibiza claims on tourism do not add up - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: Alex Borg’s Ibiza claims on tourism do not add up

PN leader claimed that Ibiza halved its tourist numbers in recent years

What do some researchers call disinformation? Anything but disinformation

September 26, 2025 “Disinformation” is fast becoming a dirty word ...
Fact-check: Adrian Delia's 800,000 population claim is inaccurate - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: Adrian Delia’s 800,000 population claim is inaccurate

Delia said studies show that Malta’s population averages 800,000 people, but no such studies appear to exist
Fact-check: What Transport Malta’s boat mooring plans for Għadira actually say - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: What Transport Malta’s boat mooring plans for Għadira actually say

We take a look at what has changed at the popular bay after concerns were raised
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Fact-check Malta: What was the public promised for Tigné Point?

We compare a 1992 development brief to how the Sliema site was eventually built

‘Fueling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet

September 12, 2025 The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad ...