Fighting Disinformation: Tools and Strategies for Fact-Checking
The Mediterranean region faces particular climate change challenges, including rising sea levels, increased heat waves and biodiversity loss, all of which affect ecosystems, human health and economic stability. However, these issues are often mired in misinformation and disinformation that distort scientific data, sow public doubt, and hinder effective policymaking and community action. To build climate resilience in the Mediterranean, it is essential to combat this misinformation with reliable fact-checking tools, sound communication strategies, and clear educational resources.
Because we believe in the importance of independent and trustworthy media in building a better future together, and to celebrate Mediterranean Day this year, we invite you to join us for a dynamic panel discussion at our upcoming Tabadul event. Led by various fact-checking experts, we will debunk myths and equip you with the tools to identify and combat climate-related disinformation, with a special focus on the Mediterranean region.
Fact-checking tools and strategies to combat disinformation
During this session, participants will gain insights into common myths about climate change and effective techniques for fact-checking and responsible climate communication. The panel of experts will share best practices with concrete cases and examples, and there will be time for questions from the audience.
Meet the speakers:
- Samuel Allan from Maldita.es. Maldita.es is an independent journalistic platform focused on the control of disinformation and public discourse through fact-checking and data journalism techniques.
- Magdalini Gkogkou, fact-checking journalist at the AFP and member of MedDMO, The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory, a regional hub of the European Digital Media Observatory covering Greece, Cyprus, and Malta.
