Spain & Portugal fact-checking brief – Q1 December-February 2025

Research published by the ATAFIMI project, of which Maldita.es is a partner, warns of the growing use of so-called "laughaganda" - a disinformation strategy based on humour, satire and ridicule - to reinforce pro-Russian...

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The Spanish news agency received a Global Fact-Checking Award on 19 June for its multimedia project Fake News, Real Victims (Noticias falsas, víctimas reales). The distinction was awarded during an international conference held in...

The new special issue of the scientific journal Communication & Society, entitled “From Fact-Checking to Community Notes: Structural Changes in the Fight Against Disinformation on Social Media”, is now available. This special edition is...

Researcher Vítor Tomé, coordinator of the Literacy area at IBERIFIER and a specialist in media literacy, took part in a discussion in Brussels on 18 June focusing on the present and future of...