IBERIFIER Report – Spain & Portugal fact-checking brief

This quarterly report collects the main hoaxes and disinformation narratives detected in Spain and Portugal from June to August 2024 by the fact-checking organisation integrated into the IBERIFIER hub.

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Iscte recebe estatuto de “sinalizador de confiança” no combate à desinformação

A Anacom, entidade responsável pela implementação em Portugal do Regulamento dos Serviços Digitais (DSA), atribuiu ao Iscte o estatuto de sinalizador de confiança no âmbito do combate à desinformação, ao discurso de ódio e às...

Politicians and platforms play a key role in the spread of disinformation

Disinformation is being used by some politicians and amplified by digital platforms that do not always assume responsibility for the content they disseminate. The warning was issued in an interview with El Mundo by...

Disinformation regarding the Ukrainian army and its president

More than two million views were recorded on disinformation content targeting the Ukrainian army and foreign fighters supporting Ukraine, according to an international report coordinated by Fundación Maldita.es on Russian interference campaigns. Some false...

Immigration-related disinformation leads misleading content during Portugal’s 2026 presidential election period

Anti-immigration narratives have been the most prominent form of disinformation detected during Portugal’s 2026 presidential election, accounting for the largest share of misleading content identified to date by researchers from Iscte/IBERIFIER, within the framework...