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MedDMO hub meeting in Athens

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 ...

Disinformation wave: Islamophobic claims return in December

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 ...

From digital debunking to media censorship: a Malta workshop

Doing research into disinformation is rewarding. Sharing it – and how we go about it – with a group of close to 100 students is ...

Malicious disinformation about the floods in Spain in late October

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.

MedDMO Statement on Meta’s Decision to Cut Back on Fact-Checking

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."

Guiding Principles for the EDMO Network

December 17, 2024 The European Digital Media Observatory is a ...

Participation of MedDMO in an Interdisciplinary Forum at the University of Cyprus

The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) participated in the 5th Interdisciplinary Forum organized by the Graduate School of the University of Cyprus on Tuesday, December ...

MedDMO fact-checks take home top prizes at Malta’s journalism awards

MedDMO emerged as one of the top winners at the 32nd edition of Malta’s journalism awards, with two MedDMO and Times of Malta fact-checks taking ...

War in the Middle East and climate disasters dominate disinformation narratives in October 2024

The war in the Middle East emerged as the most targeted topic by false stories in October, followed by false stories exploiting climate disasters.

The disinformation landscape in Malta

Malta grapples with a major disinformation problem as a result of its highly polarised political environment. The problem got worse in the years following the ...

US Elections and immigration top areas targeted by disinformation narratives in September 2024

Malicious misinformation about the US Elections and immigration were the top two thematic areas that EDMO network detected throughout September 2024, according to the corresponding ...

MedDMO presented at Hellenic Research and Development Institute special day

Andreas Veglis, professor of journalism at AUTH, had the opportunity to present the activities and purposes of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory to a wide ...