Latest #disinformation insights from across 🇪🇺, based on 1.781 #factchecking articles by 34 organisations:
🌍 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐞𝐬𝐩. 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 🇪🇸
The main disinformation phenomenon in November were the catastrophic floods that hit southern Spain, partly contributing to the increase in climate-related disinformation that almost doubled in two months, passing from 7% in September to 13% in November. Expanding their circulation and relevance to the entire EU, false stories claimed that the storm was man-made through alleged geoengineering techniques or deliberately caused by the destruction of the dams in the region of Valencia.
📉 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭
Disinformation about the war in the Middle East, which was the most targeted topic by false stories in October, dropped to 3% from 13% in October. The shares of disinformation on the other constantly monitored topics remained stable or decreased by a few percentage points, as in the case of baseless claims about migration, COVID-19, and LGBTQ+-related issues.
🇺🇸 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬
Despite the republican candidate clearly winning the US presidential #elections, false news in the European infosphere suggested that Democrats cheated and carried electoral fraud, winning only in States where no ID was required for voting. Disinformation also suggested that Trump’s victory had immediate results on ongoing conflicts.
👉 All findings: https://loom.ly/liBNIQk
🤝 With contributions from AFP, CORRECTIV, Delfi, DemagogCZ z.s., Demagog.SK, Stowarzyszenie Demagog, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, Eesti Päevaleht, EFE Verifica, Ellinika Hoaxes, Fact Check Cyprus, Factcheck.Vlaanderen, Factico, FactReview, Faktisk.no, Funky Citizens, Greece Fact Check, Källkritikbyrån, Infoveritas, Lakmusz, Logically Facts, Maldita.es, Newtral, Oštro, Pagella Politica, Facta News, TheJournal.ie Fact-Check, Polígrafo, Stowarzyszenie Pravda, Re:Baltica, TjekDet, Radiotelevisión Española, and Verificat. Editors: Enzo Panizio and Tommaso Canetta.