Keeping things in check #5
The absurdities never stop, do they? From Robert Abela’s
Elizabeth De Gaetano
2 weeks ago
Lethal disinformation
For disinformation to be effective, it needs to have
Isabelle Vella Gregory
2 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
Disinformation Watch: Calling things by their proper name
The Shift has dedicated much space to the plethora
Elizabeth De Gaetano
3 weeks ago
Keeping things in check #4
August is usually a slow month for most but
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 month ago
5 Covid-19 vaccine myths explained
Despite Malta’s successful vaccination rate against Covid-19, and the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 month ago
Disinformation Watch: Fretting about the FATF
That the government was about to embark on a
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 July 2021
UN: disinformation thrives where investigative journalism is constrained
States’ response to combating disinformation has been “problematic, inadequate,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
24 June 2021
Abusing the bereaved
Glenn Bedingfield, in his latest parliamentary streak of callousness,
Kevin Cassar
23 June 2021
Keeping things in check #3
Prime Minister Robert Abela and his “best in the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
18 June 2021
Manifesto magic
Every time Minister Carmelo Abela needs people to focus
Elizabeth De Gaetano
11 June 2021
Keeping things in check #2
We at The Shift were not exaggerating when we
Elizabeth De Gaetano
8 June 2021
Disinformation Watch: amplifying the absurd
It has been all of two weeks since the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
13 May 2021
Reporters Without Borders files lawsuit accusing Facebook of ‘deceptive commercial practices’
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has taken legal action against
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
24 March 2021
Keith Schembri’s disinformation
There was already a lot to unpack in Keith
Elizabeth De Gaetano
22 March 2021
New familiar patterns
The timing of the Conference for National Unity, held
Elizabeth De Gaetano
3 March 2021
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
5 February 2021
Disinformation watch: back to basics
Having failed to silence their most vocal critic, Russian
Elizabeth De Gaetano
1 February 2021
Disinformation hit list 2020
The disinformation that accompanied the pandemic was used in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
30 December 2020
The wrong of rudeness: Mercieca’s meanness
Simon Mercieca, University history lecturer, publicly accused Matthew Caruana
Kevin Cassar
23 December 2020
Data for dirty tricks
We were doing so well. When Malta first introduced
Elizabeth De Gaetano
25 August 2020
Stock replies bingo 
When former prime minister Joseph Muscat was asked to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
19 July 2020
Government boasts of ‘biggest fuel price fall ever recorded’ despite EU disparity
The government was quick to promote its new measure
Joanna Demarco
11 June 2020
Věra Jourová stresses importance of journalism amid COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
The unprecedented “infodemic” that emerged during the pandemic has
Joanna Demarco
9 June 2020
Wash, rinse, repeat
When The Shift started monitoring government disinformation tactics in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
17 May 2020
The migration issue: the complexities left out of Bartolo’s pie charts
Days after the closure of Malta’s ports resulted in
Joanna Demarco
12 May 2020
Coronavirus: understanding fact from fiction
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) together with a number
Elizabeth De Gaetano
15 April 2020
Keith Schembri has a fake newspaper
We each respond to a raging pandemic in our
Ryan Murdock
10 April 2020
Keeping our eyes on the ball: human rights in the time of COVID-19
Guest op-ed from IFEX Executive Director, Annie Game. For
The Shift Team
8 April 2020
Twitter removes 20,000 fake accounts linked to government propaganda
On the 2 April, Twitter announced via one of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
4 April 2020