Neville Borg
@nevborg.bsky.social
Fact-checker at the Times of Malta.
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Another reason why professional, independent #factcheckers are indispensable: empirical insight.
Last month, 37 member organisations of our #factchecking network produced 1.642 articles on #disinformation pieces in the #EU.
👉 Based on this vital work, here are our key observations: loom.ly/xZwqr6s
Last month, 37 member organisations of our #factchecking network produced 1.642 articles on #disinformation pieces in the #EU.
👉 Based on this vital work, here are our key observations: loom.ly/xZwqr6s
February 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Another reason why professional, independent #factcheckers are indispensable: empirical insight.
Last month, 37 member organisations of our #factchecking network produced 1.642 articles on #disinformation pieces in the #EU.
👉 Based on this vital work, here are our key observations: loom.ly/xZwqr6s
Last month, 37 member organisations of our #factchecking network produced 1.642 articles on #disinformation pieces in the #EU.
👉 Based on this vital work, here are our key observations: loom.ly/xZwqr6s
Just finished: Madonna in a Fur Coat.
A classic of Turkish literature, or so I've been told. At its heart, a story of yearning and missed opportunities.
Thought it was great, but I would have connected with the protagonists more had I read this back when I was a melodramatic teen.
#booksky
A classic of Turkish literature, or so I've been told. At its heart, a story of yearning and missed opportunities.
Thought it was great, but I would have connected with the protagonists more had I read this back when I was a melodramatic teen.
#booksky
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just finished: Madonna in a Fur Coat.
A classic of Turkish literature, or so I've been told. At its heart, a story of yearning and missed opportunities.
Thought it was great, but I would have connected with the protagonists more had I read this back when I was a melodramatic teen.
#booksky
A classic of Turkish literature, or so I've been told. At its heart, a story of yearning and missed opportunities.
Thought it was great, but I would have connected with the protagonists more had I read this back when I was a melodramatic teen.
#booksky
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Our first podcast recalls a tragedy 30 years ago which left nine men dead.
‘His body wasn’t in one piece’: relatives recall Um El Faroud blast 30 years on
Times of Malta revisits tragedy in the first episode of Times Talk podcast
timesofmalta.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our first podcast recalls a tragedy 30 years ago which left nine men dead.
Reposted by Neville Borg
Hello Bluesky! We are MedDMO, a regional hub of @edmo-eu.bsky.social covering Greece, Cyprus, and Malta. We bring together research, fact-checking, and media organizations that conduct internationally acknowledged research and activities in the area of disinformation.
Let's connect!
Let's connect!
December 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Hello Bluesky! We are MedDMO, a regional hub of @edmo-eu.bsky.social covering Greece, Cyprus, and Malta. We bring together research, fact-checking, and media organizations that conduct internationally acknowledged research and activities in the area of disinformation.
Let's connect!
Let's connect!
We nabbed ourselves a couple of prizes at Malta's journalism awards 🏆
Our journalists take the top awards of the night. Thank you to all our readers. Journalism is more essential than ever.
Times of Malta scoops journalism awards
Times of Malta journalists win 10 of 19 awards at annual IĠM event
timesofmalta.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 AM
We nabbed ourselves a couple of prizes at Malta's journalism awards 🏆
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timesofmalta.com/article/facebook-thinks-im-extremist.1101900
Facebook is penalising our page for sharing news about Gaza and Lebanon.
It's gotten so bad, we've been forced to self-censor.
When will social media algorithms be made accountable to the societies they shape?
Facebook is penalising our page for sharing news about Gaza and Lebanon.
It's gotten so bad, we've been forced to self-censor.
When will social media algorithms be made accountable to the societies they shape?
Facebook thinks I'm an extremist
Social media algorithms shape the world we see, yet are accountable to nobody
timesofmalta.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 AM
timesofmalta.com/article/facebook-thinks-im-extremist.1101900
Facebook is penalising our page for sharing news about Gaza and Lebanon.
It's gotten so bad, we've been forced to self-censor.
When will social media algorithms be made accountable to the societies they shape?
Facebook is penalising our page for sharing news about Gaza and Lebanon.
It's gotten so bad, we've been forced to self-censor.
When will social media algorithms be made accountable to the societies they shape?
Reposted by Neville Borg
Is Malta next in clamping down on Airbnb?
New Airbnb rules would affect three-quarters of Malta’s licenced holiday homes
Malta has 6,000 licenced holiday homes, most of them apartments
timesofmalta.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Is Malta next in clamping down on Airbnb?
I'll use my first post here to say that the new Father John Misty album is great, but the best thing about it is that it sent me straight back down the Astral Weeks rabbit hole an entire two decades after I first crawled out of it.
November 24, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I'll use my first post here to say that the new Father John Misty album is great, but the best thing about it is that it sent me straight back down the Astral Weeks rabbit hole an entire two decades after I first crawled out of it.