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Toxic networks: How online attacks targeted Spain’s public broadcaster amid flooding tragedy

Spanish public broadcaster's (RTVE) coverage of flooding tragedy became a stark illustration of the mounting challenges faced by public journalism in times of polarization, disinformation, and collective grief
Europe: Spain

Untold threats against environmental journalists in Italy revealed in new case study

New case study reveals, for the first time, statistical data on attacks against environmental journalists in the country, documenting 114 cases between 2011 and 2025—yet these cases likely represent only a fraction of the real number.
Europe: Italy

IPI and partners launch platform to track disinformation narratives against journalists

The ‘Observatory of Disinformation Narratives Against the Media’ aims to expose populist and extremist tactics to discredit reporters.
Europe

New report offers strategies for fact-checkers to combat online harassment

The report, developed as part of the ‘Decoding the Disinformation Playbook’ project led by IPI, focuses on strategies to mitigate the risks associated with online harassment.
Europe

Climate journalism and disinformation: The floods in Valencia

Season 3 of Decoding Disinformation kicks off with a deep dive into disinformation targeting climate journalists, as Javier Luque and Clara Jiménez Cruz unpack the false narratives surrounding the deadly Valencia floods.
Europe: Spain

Operation Overload: Draining fact-checkers’ resources

Episode 4 of the podcast series Decoding Disinformation delves into CheckFirst's investigation of the so-called 'Operation Overload'
Europe: Finland