Sorry, not sorry: The political pseudo apology
On 5 April, Labour’s deputy leader, Daniel Micallef, said
Elizabeth De Gaetano
9 April 2021
Wash, rinse, repeat
When The Shift started monitoring government disinformation tactics in
Elizabeth De Gaetano
17 May 2020
Surge in racist and hate speech online following government decisions
Online hate has surfaced repeatedly over the past few
The Shift Team
27 April 2020
State-sponsored trolling continued even after Caruana Galizia’s death
Malta was one of the few countries where State-sponsored
Joanna Demarco
12 February 2020
The march of the dark brigade
How can journalists fight back against threats and violence?
Caroline Muscat
7 April 2019
Liberal laws, illiberal uses
A lot has been said about the judge, Giovanni
Ranier Fsadni
13 January 2019
They said it in 2018
We’ve heard and seen a great deal in 2018.
The Shift Team
26 December 2018
Schroedinger’s (Mus)Cat
In most areas of our life we all understand
Andrew Galea
3 December 2018
Disinformation #27: Manipulation of the NAO report on the power station deal
The National Audit Office (NAO) on Wednesday published its
The Shift Team
2 December 2018
Malta for Dummies #11: Gender-based violence in words and action
Equality Minister, Helena Dalli, launched the annual ‘16 days
Lizzie Eldridge
26 November 2018
Public roles and private rants
In an ideal world, you can say whatever you
Ryan Murdock
24 November 2018
The State of Siege
“Isn’t it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt
Andrew Galea
9 October 2018
PN files motion to strip Tony Zarb of national award
Opposition Leader Adrian Delia filed a parliamentary motion to
The Shift Team
1 October 2018
Disinformation Watch #20: Joseph Muscat at the UN
Last week, Joseph Muscat delivered his annual speech to
The Shift Team
30 September 2018
Disinformation Watch #16: The Rule of Law – a fascist reinterpretation
The rule of law is one of those concepts
The Shift Team
2 September 2018
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
There is one “ruthless mastermind” the country is after
Caroline Muscat
31 July 2018
Disinformation Watch #4: ‘traitors’ and ‘enemies of the state’
In a disinformation strategy as old as populism itself,
The Shift Team
3 June 2018
Disinformation Watch #3: How the government manufactured Mark Montebello story to discredit Archbishop
Mark Montebello, a Dominican friar who unlike other clerics
The Shift Team
1 June 2018
What women are still up against
Former GWU chief Tony Zarb’s comments were just the
Petra Caruana Dingli
11 November 2017