Luglio 17, 2025

THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN IS THE MOST TARGETED TOPIC  The 31 organizations* part of the EDMO fact-checking network that contributed to this brief published a total of 1.502 fact-checking articles in June 2025. Out of these articles, 212 (14%) related to the war between Israel and Iran**; 147 (10%) focused on Ukraine-related disinformation; 82 (5%) on disinformation related to immigration; 77 (5%) on disinformation related to the EU; 77 (5%) on COVID-19-related disinformation; 77 (5%) on climate change-related disinformation; 51 (3%) on the conflict involving Israel and Hamas in Gaza; and 14 (1%) on disinformation about LGBTQ+ and gender issues.  The most targeted topic by disinformation in the month of June has been the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, which also contributed to a major increase in AI-generated disinformation. In trend with the past months, the war in Ukraine also kept getting a lot of attention, with