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Malta: Anti-abortion misinformation report

Abortion remains a contentious issue in Malta, the only EU country to prohibit the practice, except in cases where the mother's life is at risk. ...

Greece: European Parliament elections disinformation report

The European Parliament elections held in June 2024 saw widespread disinformation across Greece, Cyprus and Malta, often targeting issues such as migration, national sovereignty, and ...

Greece: Report on misleading claims around the 2024 Paris Olympics

Last summer's Olympic Games featured historic performances and athletic feats that will be celebrated for years to come. But they also inspired a deluge of ...

Mapping Disinformation Circulation in Cyprus, Greece, and Malta and Evaluating Platforms’ Moderation Practices: Insights from MedDMO Fact-Checks Archive

This document is the first part of MedDMO's annual report, detailing our monitoring of the media ecosystems in Cyprus, Greece, and Malta and evaluating platform ...

Greece: Report on the Pro-Russian narrative linking Ukraine with Nazism

Ever since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a series of claims aimed at discrediting Ukraine and reinforcing the narrative of widespread Nazism across ...

Greece: Report on US-Related misleading claims since Trump’s second inauguration

Since Donald Trump's inauguration as US President in January 2025, a wave of false and misleading claims spread across Greek social media. Several of these ...

Greece: Report on Pro-Russian disinformation targetting Zelensky

Ukraine was the target of Russian disinformation long before Russia launched its invasion in 2022, but new disinformation narratives about Volodymyr Zelensky, his wife and ...

Greece: Report on Disinformation targetting the LGBTQ+ Community in Greece

In this narrative report, we examine the mis/disinformation that circulated online in Greece from January 2024 - during the public consultation and subsequent passage of ...

Report – Artificial Intelligence in the Service of Verification

This report examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in addressing the growing challenge of online disinformation. It provides an in-depth examination of AI-driven media ...

Malta: Report on disinformation about COVID

Malta was no stranger to the Covid infodemic that travelled the world in recent years. This report trawls through some of the false and misleading ...

Greece: Report on disinformation regarding wildfires and wind turbines

This report examines misleading claims spread in Greece about renewable energy, focusing on a recurring misleading narrative linking wildfires to the construction of inland wind ...

Cyprus: Report on disinformation regarding pathogens

A series of conspiracy theories about Ukrainian labs carrying out research into pathogens were spread across Cyprus in recent months, in an attempt to justify ...