In an age when scrolling through social media feels as natural as morning coffee, elections are no longer decided solely by rallies, posters, or televised debates. The real battle for votes increasingly happens in the quiet, algorithmically curated corners of our news feeds, where a sponsored post can shape a perception, and a misleading poll can shift sentiment before anyone has a chance to fact-check it. This is precisely the terrain that the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory, or MedDMO, is now navigating as it turns its attention to Greece. Following a revealing investigation in Cyprus, the EU-funded monitoring body is…

There is a kind of warfare that leaves no visible craters on the ground, yet it can change the minds of millions and tear apart alliances that took decades to build. That is the quiet battle now unfolding in Eastern Europe, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, an agency working under the National Security and Defense Council. In a recent report, the center warned that Russian information operations are actively trying to ignite anti-Ukrainian sentiment and push Poland and Ukraine into a state of open hostility. The main instrument in this effort, the center said, is a network called…