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US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND SPAIN FLOODING ARE MOST TARGETED TOPICS BY FALSE STORIES The four Italian editorial projects that published fact-checking content, and contributed to this report*, published a total of 199 fact-checking articles as of November 2024. Of these, 7 (3.5%) dealt with cases of disinformation regarding the war in Ukraine, 10 (5%) with the war in the Middle East, 9 (4.5%) with the pandemic, 24 (12%) with climate change, 11 (7.5%) with the European Union, 10 (5%) with immigration, and 13 (6.5%) with gender or LGBTQ+ issues. Articles on the American election campaign accounted for 27 out of 199, or 13.5% of the total. The US presidential elections were the most widely spread topic of disinformation in November, although the percentage was lower than in September (15%). False stories about the climate also increased: their value tripled in two months, from 3.9% in September to 12% in November.