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This week saw the call for nominations for Malta’s general election close, with 162 candidates submitting a total of 282 candidatures. But other things happened, including more AI slopaganda, the removal of a political-party-affiliated Facebook page following mass reports, the prevalence of political adverts in violation of platforms’ own terms of service, and a wave of xenophobia spurred by populism from the prime minister. We outline these below.
