Social media experiment shows promise in the fight against misinformation
Emotionally charged language, personal attacks, false comparisons, and deliberate
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 29, 2022 16:55
Time to bin the ‘serenity’ and ‘peace of mind’ clichés
The survey published by US analytics company Gallup that
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 11, 2022 13:00
Scrutiny as ‘attack’: Propaganda’s warped perspective
The reaction by party propagandists to The Shift’s report
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 9, 2022 14:32
News that’s fit to print
Op-ed by Annie Game, Executive Director of IFEX, a
May 3, 2022 12:28
Condemning one’s own narrative
It was ultimately more surprising that a government spokesperson
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 2, 2021 08:39
Facebook’s woes continue as whistleblower goes public
Facebook’s stocks plunged by 5% yesterday following another devastating
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
October 6, 2021 09:35
Factory of lies
What’s happened to PN MP Karol Aquilina over the
Blanche Gatt
October 2, 2021 10:39
Keeping things in check #5
The absurdities never stop, do they? From Robert Abela’s
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 11, 2021 12:56
Lethal disinformation
For disinformation to be effective, it needs to have
Isabelle Vella Gregory
September 9, 2021 10:12
The Shift invited to present its investigation on political propaganda and Daphne’s assassination at IPI World Congress
The findings of The Shift’s six-month investigation into the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 7, 2021 12:41
Disinformation Watch: Calling things by their proper name
The Shift has dedicated much space to the plethora
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 2, 2021 15:56
Keeping things in check #4
August is usually a slow month for most but
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 23, 2021 17:06
5 Covid-19 vaccine myths explained
Despite Malta’s successful vaccination rate against Covid-19, and the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 16, 2021 14:02
Disinformation Watch: Fretting about the FATF
That the government was about to embark on a
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 1, 2021 11:04
UN: disinformation thrives where investigative journalism is constrained
States’ response to combating disinformation has been “problematic, inadequate,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
June 24, 2021 12:34
Abusing the bereaved
Glenn Bedingfield, in his latest parliamentary streak of callousness,
Kevin Cassar
June 23, 2021 08:31
Keeping things in check #3
Prime Minister Robert Abela and his “best in the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 18, 2021 13:06
Manifesto magic
Every time Minister Carmelo Abela needs people to focus
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 11, 2021 17:47
Keeping things in check #2
We at The Shift were not exaggerating when we
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 8, 2021 13:31
Disinformation Watch: amplifying the absurd
It has been all of two weeks since the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 13, 2021 16:56
Reporters Without Borders files lawsuit accusing Facebook of ‘deceptive commercial practices’
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has taken legal action against
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
March 24, 2021 14:30
Keith Schembri’s disinformation
There was already a lot to unpack in Keith
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 22, 2021 06:04
New familiar patterns
The timing of the Conference for National Unity, held
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 3, 2021 08:58
How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative
Malta’s unique media landscape has equipped the government with
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 5, 2021 14:17
Disinformation watch: back to basics
Having failed to silence their most vocal critic, Russian
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 1, 2021 06:45
Disinformation hit list 2020
The disinformation that accompanied the pandemic was used in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 30, 2020 13:01
The wrong of rudeness: Mercieca’s meanness
Simon Mercieca, University history lecturer, publicly accused Matthew Caruana
Kevin Cassar
December 23, 2020 07:41
Data for dirty tricks
We were doing so well. When Malta first introduced
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 25, 2020 06:00
Stock replies bingo 
When former prime minister Joseph Muscat was asked to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 19, 2020 18:15
Government boasts of ‘biggest fuel price fall ever recorded’ despite EU disparity
The government was quick to promote its new measure
Joanna Demarco
June 11, 2020 10:35

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