Our Projects

Project to strengthen local capacities against disinformation on land use planning and urban development in Guatemala's upper Cuilco River basin. Mald...

Project to strengthen local capacities against disinformation on land use planning and urban development in Guatemala's upper Cuilco River basin. Maldita.es provides training, technical support and co-creates a digital campaign with local partners, using participatory, intercultural and gender-sensitive approaches.

Research collaboration with AI Forensics analyzing how platform design exacerbates climate disinformation spread during the DANA event. Maldita.es pro...

Research collaboration with AI Forensics analyzing how platform design exacerbates climate disinformation spread during the DANA event. Maldita.es provides contextual knowledge, keyword lists for data collection, develops annotation codebook, annotates datasets and contributes to final report. 

ClientEarth-funded sub-grant research to identify whether and to what extent monetized accounts participating in ad revenue sharing programs were invo...

ClientEarth-funded sub-grant research to identify whether and to what extent monetized accounts participating in ad revenue sharing programs were involved in disseminating climate disinformation during the 2024 Valencia floods.

First phase of regional initiative by Maldita.es and Agencia Ocote to combat disinformation in Central America. Conducts participatory diagnosis on di...

First phase of regional initiative by Maldita.es and Agencia Ocote to combat disinformation in Central America. Conducts participatory diagnosis on disinformation trends, information needs and local capacities in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Includes field research, interviews with journalists, academics and community leaders, strategic ally mapping and national reports.

Second phase of regional initiative by Maldita.es and Agencia Ocote. Delivers six in-person media literacy workshops (two per country) in Guatemala, H...

Second phase of regional initiative by Maldita.es and Agencia Ocote. Delivers six in-person media literacy workshops (two per country) in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, training journalists, youth, educators and community leaders to identify and counter disinformation. Workshops held at Spanish Cultural Centers and strategic community locations.

Reset-funded project to monitor viral disinformation on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) during the Spanish General Election campaign of July 2023....

Reset-funded project to monitor viral disinformation on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) during the Spanish General Election campaign of July 2023. Maldita.es provided monitoring reports and evidence gathering, trend and keyword updates, and contributed to policy analysis of results and stakeholder discussions on potential Terms and Conditions violations.