Trump’s diplomacy and summer weather catalyse disinformation in august
The 31 organizations* part of the EDMO fact-checking network that contributed to this brief published a total of 1.441 fact-checking articles in August 2025. Out of these articles, 127 (9%) focused on climate change-related disinformation; 99 (7%) on Ukraine-related disinformation; 90 (6%) on disinformation related to the EU; 90 (6%) on disinformation related to immigration; 79 (5%) on the conflict involving Israel and Hamas in Gaza; 49 (3%) on COVID-19-related disinformation; and 18 (1%) on disinformation about LGBTQ+ and gender issues. The most targeted topic by disinformation in the month of August has been climate change, in line with the growing trend registered the past month. False news related to the war in Ukraine and to the European Union have also increased, as it happened with disinformation on the crisis in Gaza, with the ongoing narrative ー detected in July ー that the famine is either not real or widely
