It feels like our online world is buzzing with whispers and shouts that aren’t always what they seem, especially now, with big elections happening in Europe. Imagine almost half of everyone in the European Union, a staggering 241 million people, potentially bumping into news and stories quietly pushed by groups connected to Russia. That’s the alarming picture cybersecurity experts at SafeGuard Cyber have painted. They spent just ten days peeking into the online chatter and uncovered a whole army of “malicious actors” – around 6,700 of them – lurking on social media. These aren’t just your average users; we’re talking…

When political parties clash, it’s not always about grand visions or philosophical differences; often, it boils down to the nitty-gritty of numbers, and how those numbers are presented to the public. This is precisely what’s happening between Malta’s Labour Party and the Nationalist Party (PN). The Labour Party is calling out PN Leader Alex Borg, accusing him of playing fast and loose with the facts about Malta’s national debt during a recent election campaign event. It’s like one team catching the other team moving the goalposts in a football match – they’re saying Borg isn’t just misrepresenting the score, but…