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THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND IMMIGRATION ARE THE MOST TARGETED TOPICS IN NOVEMBER The 32 organizations* part of the EDMO fact-checking network that contributed to this brief published a total of 1.486 fact-checking articles in November 2025. Out of these articles, 148 (10%) focused on Ukraine-related disinformation; 130 (9%) on disinformation related to immigration; 87 (6%) on disinformation related to the EU; 69 (5%) focused on climate change-related disinformation; 49 (3%) on COVID-19-related disinformation; 27 (2%) on disinformation about LGBTQ+ and gender issues; and 13 (1%) on the crisis in Gaza.  Likely driven by media attention on the conflict and related peace-talks, disinformation about the war in Ukraine increased by four percentage points; meanwhile, disinformation about migrants increased by one percentage point for the fourth month in a row. On the other hand, lower attention towards the crisis in Gaza made disinformation on the matter drop by six percentage points
