Our Projects

Editorial partnership with Eroski Consumer to produce reliable content on food, health and food safety topics. Maldita.es creates monthly articles and...

Editorial partnership with Eroski Consumer to produce reliable content on food, health and food safety topics. Maldita.es creates monthly articles and videos for social media, leveraging its expertise from Maldita Ciencia and Maldita Alimentación sections. Content follows Maldita.es editorial independence and methodology, and is distributed through Consumer's website and both organisations' social media channels to help citizens make informed decisions.

Participation in ICFJ's Leap Innovation Lab, a 12-week programme on using AI to combat disinformation. The Maldita.es team worked on integrating AI so...

Participation in ICFJ's Leap Innovation Lab, a 12-week programme on using AI to combat disinformation. The Maldita.es team worked on integrating AI solutions into the organisation's WhatsApp chatbot and disinformation database tools. The programme combined workshops and development sprints, culminating in a grant opportunity to implement the developed solutions for automated content matching and fact-checking support.

Research collaboration with Centro Crímina at Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. The project examined the impact of disinformation circulating on ...

Research collaboration with Centro Crímina at Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. The project examined the impact of disinformation circulating on social media on public opinion regarding criminal law and its application, as well as on lawmaking processes. Maldita.es provided access to its disinformation database to support the academic research conducted by the Crímina team.

Research collaboration with Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) providing verified disinformation data and consultancy services. Maldita.es supplied ...

Research collaboration with Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) providing verified disinformation data and consultancy services. Maldita.es supplied a comprehensive dataset (2018-2023) including disinformation titles, debunking links, fact-checker categories, original multimedia content, and OCR transcriptions. The project also included 100 hours of consultancy on disinformation trends, methodologies and data analysis to support academic research.

Capacity-building project designed to strengthen European civil society organisations' knowledge and capabilities in policy advocacy against disinform...

Capacity-building project designed to strengthen European civil society organisations' knowledge and capabilities in policy advocacy against disinformation. Through a series of expert-led training workshops, CASCADE empowers CSOs—including fact-checkers, digital rights groups, and media literacy organisations—with the skills and resources needed to engage effectively in European policy debates on disinformation. The programme includes five thematic sessions covering disinformation regulation fundamentals, platform governance, EU regulatory frameworks, media and disinformation, and policy solutions, followed by an advocacy roundtable fostering cross-border dialogue and collaborative action.

Project funded by the European Climate Foundation to boost Spanish-speaking citizens' understanding of and resilience to climate disinformation narrat...

Project funded by the European Climate Foundation to boost Spanish-speaking citizens' understanding of and resilience to climate disinformation narratives ahead of the 2024 European Elections. Produced 6 in-depth reports on prevalent climate narratives published through collaborations with major Spanish media outlets (Servimedia, 20 Minutos, Cadena Ser, elDiario.es, La Vanguardia, La Marea). Included prebunking media literacy materials for elderly citizens and a stakeholder roundtable event.