Our Projects

3-month collaboration with Spanish TV programme Caiga Quien Caiga featuring a regular Factous segment. Factous, Maldita.es Foundation's verified infor...

3-month collaboration with Spanish TV programme Caiga Quien Caiga featuring a regular Factous segment. Factous, Maldita.es Foundation's verified information brand for social media, provided fact-checking content adapted for television audiences, bringing media literacy and debunking to mainstream broadcast viewers.

International partnership funded by Google News Initiative led by Full Fact to enhance the ClaimReview structured data schema used by fact-checkers wo...

International partnership funded by Google News Initiative led by Full Fact to enhance the ClaimReview structured data schema used by fact-checkers worldwide. The project developed new categories to describe false claims and their potential harms in machine-readable formats, specifically designed to improve how AI tools use fact-checking content. 

Research partnership with Democracy Reporting International (DRI) funded by the Mercator Foundation to monitor online discourse during the 2023 Spanis...

Research partnership with Democracy Reporting International (DRI) funded by the Mercator Foundation to monitor online discourse during the 2023 Spanish general elections. Maldita.es analyzed political actors' social media activity on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, while using its Disinformation Management System to track misinformation on WhatsApp. The project assessed connections between political discourse and public conversation, identifying disinformation trends, narratives and virality patterns to protect electoral integrity.

Community-building project funded through an ECAS sub-grant co-financed by the EU to strengthen advocacy capacities of civil society organisations wor...

Community-building project funded through an ECAS sub-grant co-financed by the EU to strengthen advocacy capacities of civil society organisations working against disinformation. Created a shared knowledge platform through monthly newsletters on EU policy processes and advocacy tips, virtual strategizing meetings for coordinated action, and special briefings for urgent policy situations. Engaged over 25 European organisations to participate more effectively in policy-making processes.

Media literacy programme funded by Creative FLIP (EU) in collaboration with I.E.S. Blas de Otero secondary school in Madrid. Students aged 14-16 parti...

Media literacy programme funded by Creative FLIP (EU) in collaboration with I.E.S. Blas de Otero secondary school in Madrid. Students aged 14-16 participated in workshops on radio journalism, podcasting, disinformation and intellectual property, culminating in the creation of their own professional podcast. The programme combined theoretical sessions with practical experience including a visit to the Maldita.es newsroom and final recording in a professional radio studio.

EU-funded pilot project led by Maldita.es to create the European Code of Professional Integrity for Independent Fact-Checkers. Consortium of six organ...

EU-funded pilot project led by Maldita.es to create the European Code of Professional Integrity for Independent Fact-Checkers. Consortium of six organisations (AFP, Correctiv, Demagog, Pagella Politica/Facta, EU DisinfoLab) developed professional standards for independence, transparency and methodological quality, along with a governance body to evaluate compliance. The project resulted in the creation of EFCSN (European Fact-Checking Standards Network).