Whitewashing reputations
Let nobody say that former prime minister Joseph Muscat has been idling... View more
Disinformation Watch
Joseph Muscat’s resignation letter: deny, divert and discredit
What links a disgraced former Prime Minister’s resignation letter with some conveniently... View more
Wash, rinse, repeat
When The Shift started monitoring government disinformation tactics in 2018, it found... View more
The migration issue: the complexities left out of Bartolo’s pie charts
Days after the closure of Malta’s ports resulted in the death of... View more
Coronavirus: understanding fact from fiction
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) together with a number of partners around... View more
Disinformation: consolation and catastrophe during coronavirus
As COVID-19 headlines continue to dominate news cycles, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets are... View more
The ugly behind the pretty: How disinformation is thriving on Instagram
The creation and spread of false or deliberately misleading information is not... View more
Disinformation Watch #32: Trump and Muscat’s playbook – ‘get out of jail free’
Populist strongmen use the same disinformation tactics wherever they are in the... View more
Disinformation Watch #31: On calls for votes for those who ‘love the country’
For anyone “to come here and give the impression that some members... View more
Disinformation Watch #30: Corruption is no ‘perception’
Malta has seen the sharpest decline in its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)... View more
Whitewashing reputations
Let nobody say that former prime minister Joseph Muscat has been idling... View more
Joseph Muscat’s resignation letter: deny, divert and discredit
What links a disgraced former Prime Minister’s resignation letter with some conveniently... View more
Wash, rinse, repeat
When The Shift started monitoring government disinformation tactics in 2018, it found... View more
The migration issue: the complexities left out of Bartolo’s pie charts
Days after the closure of Malta’s ports resulted in the death of... View more
Coronavirus: understanding fact from fiction
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) together with a number of partners around... View more
Disinformation: consolation and catastrophe during coronavirus
As COVID-19 headlines continue to dominate news cycles, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets are... View more
The ugly behind the pretty: How disinformation is thriving on Instagram
The creation and spread of false or deliberately misleading information is not... View more
Disinformation Watch #32: Trump and Muscat’s playbook – ‘get out of jail free’
Populist strongmen use the same disinformation tactics wherever they are in the... View more
Disinformation Watch #31: On calls for votes for those who ‘love the country’
For anyone “to come here and give the impression that some members... View more
Disinformation Watch #30: Corruption is no ‘perception’
Malta has seen the sharpest decline in its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)... View more