Opinion: Miriam Dalli is to blame
For the umpteenth time, Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi managed
Kevin Cassar
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Opinion: Contingency Plans
On Tuesday, there was a brief worldwide outage of
Jacques René Zammit
March 6, 2024 14:00
70% of Maltese get news from social media, highest in EU
Malta has the highest rate in the EU of
Sean Montebello
November 17, 2023 13:47
Standards czar to probe Miriam Dalli but not Steve Ellul over Ira Losco promos
Standards Commissioner Joe Azzopardi will not investigate Project Green
The Shift Team
June 14, 2023 11:22
Caruana called out on propaganda, apologises and pays for advert himself
Commissioner for Standards in Public Life Joseph Azzopardi has
The Shift Team
April 14, 2023 14:02
Robert Abela’s alternate reality on Twitter
Twitter, along with other social media platforms, often forms
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 1, 2022 16:00
Fighting disinformation, one game at a time
Readers of The Shift will have noticed that the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 18, 2021 11:58
Lethal disinformation
For disinformation to be effective, it needs to have
Isabelle Vella Gregory
September 9, 2021 10:12
Online violence: the new frontline
Online violence has become the new frontline in journalism
May 11, 2021 09:26
Am I next?
The language of violence has increased at an alarming
Isabelle Vella Gregory
January 23, 2021 09:03
The democracy of knowledge
If you have never read Alexis de Tocqueville’s ‘Democracy
Jacques René Zammit
January 11, 2021 09:06
Silvio Schembri with Facebook advert as Commissioner slams use
As the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life called
The Shift Team
May 9, 2020 10:42
Twitter removes 20,000 fake accounts linked to government propaganda
On the 2 April, Twitter announced via one of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 4, 2020 09:54
Malta one of 70 countries using organised social media manipulation campaigns
Malta is one of 70 countries having used organised
The Shift Team
September 27, 2019 17:18
Son of murdered journalist warns World Economic Forum about harassment
The lack of action on the harassment faced by
January 24, 2019 13:28
The Christmas of a Maltese troll
Christmas is a time for love, happiness, and goodwill
The Shift Team
December 25, 2018 09:13
Female journalists, politicians get abusive tweets every 30 seconds
Female journalists and politicians were sent abusive or otherwise
The Shift Team
December 19, 2018 10:44
No, we can’t
The approval of Silvio Debono’s towers of greed by
September 27, 2018 17:24
Head of Cambridge Analytica accused of taking $8m before bankruptcy
The former chief executive of the scandal-hit Cambridge Analytica
Caroline Muscat
June 6, 2018 09:08
Why media literacy is needed
If information is carefully processed by media agencies, with
Benjamin Dalli
May 30, 2018 09:08
Manufacturing consent: How secret online groups feed the cycles of spin
Prior to The Shift News investigation into pro-Muscat online
The Shift Team
May 23, 2018 06:25

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