Investigations

Browse the growing collection of MedDMO research reports and analyses exploring mis/disinformation trends across Greece, Cyprus, and Malta. Covering a wide range of topics, narratives, and societal developments, these publications provide insights into how false and misleading information shapes the broader information environment and public discourse in the region.

Greece: Report on misleading claims around the 2024 Paris Olympics

May 20, 2025

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 ...

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

May 12, 2025

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

May 7, 2025

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

March 24, 2025

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

March 11, 2025

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

February 13, 2025

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

February 6, 2025

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

February 4, 2025

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

January 16, 2025

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 ...

Malta: Report on disinformation targeting the media

January 7, 2025

Last year a series of articles, including some about a political scandal that erupted in Malta, were taken down from Google's search results after somebody ...

Cyprus: Report on disinformation narratives about sensitive political issues

January 7, 2025

A visit from Brazilian football sensation Ronaldinho to the occupied territories of Cyprus leveraged the player’s fame to spread disinformation narratives about sensitive political issues. ...

Malta: Report on disinformation about population and migration

December 4, 2024

Migration and population have long been a popular topic of disinformation in Malta, Europe's most densely populated country, frequently encouraging xenophobic sentiments and spreading fear. ...