3 verified, source-linked AI implementations documented between 2024–2025.
AI-powered collaborative verification and data-driven newsroom operations platform; transforms Maldita's full disinformation-response workflow from community submission to publication; citizen-facing layer: WhatsApp chatbot (Botalite) allows users to submit potentially false content anonymously; AI automates duplication checks, narrative detection and prioritisation to reduce manual editorial triage; internal dashboard gives newsroom real-time visibility into incoming content, recurring narratives, verification status and editorial priorities; 'Analyze with AI' function assists fact-checkers in researching claims, suggesting experts and identifying appropriate response formats; Botalite platform licensed to more than 20 fact-checking organisations worldwide; within six months of launch, Maldita published 720 articles and answers — a 15.3% increase in response capacity with no new staff added; won INMA 2026 First Place Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation (Regional Brands); won WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Europe 2026 Best in Countering Disinformation (National winner); distinct from Maldita's JournalismAI Innovation Challenge AI Assistant for Fact-Checkers and Prebunking at Scale initiative
AI assistant with searchable article/expert databases and multimodal matching system for images, videos, text and voice messages
Maldita.es is one of 31 organizations in Spain documented in the index, which holds 52 cases from the country. Its work spans 1 function type, including Verification & Fact-Checking, documented across 124 organizations worldwide.