On September 15, News Front, an online outlet, published an article headlined “the U.S. arsenal includes Novichok, but according to them, only Russia has access to it.” The article notes that although the United States had been working on Novichok and other similar toxic agents since the 1970s, the American side denies its existence in...

On September 18, Facebook page “საქართველოს იმედი” (Hope of Georgia) posted a video, showing the ants carrying the icon of Jesus Christ. The video has a caption: “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” The video has gone viral and as of September 21, it has 14,000 shares. Three minutes after the video was...

On September 15, gnn.ge, an online media outlet, published an article headlined “Soviet people were one step ahead of us – Henry Kissinger.” The article reads that the years after, a lot of people are still crying for Soviet benefits, free education, healthcare services and so on. To illustrate it, the author quotes allegedly American...

Facebook announced the launch of the third-party fact-checking program in Georgia with Myth Detector and FactCheck Georgia and distributed press release: Press Release  As part of Facebook’s fight against misinformation, we partner with independent, third-party fact-checkers around the world, who review and rate the accuracy of content. Today we’re announcing the launch of our third-party...

One of the hosts at a Georgian TV program spoke about the COVID-19 vaccine on September 7, 2020 and mentioned that the vaccine would not go through the animal testing stage due to a protest by animal rights advocates and that Anthony Fauci has already agreed with the initiative of the animal rights advocates. The...

On September 12, Facebook page Politicanopublished a quote by Zaza Shatirishvili, Georgian philosopher, about military non-alignment. Politicano shared the quote from a news article published by Tinp.ge on August 11, according to which Shatirishvili spoke about the advantages of neutrality during Obieqtivi TV’s program Dgis Bolos on August 11. Later the same day, Obieqtivi TV...

On September 10, 2020, Zviad Tomaradze, head of Demographic Society XXI, published a post on Facebook addressed to Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health. The post reads that the coronavirus pandemic is “a global lie” imposed on the population. Tomaradze claims that official COVID-19 death rates have been...

On September 13, Levan Chachua, chairman of Georgian Idea public movement, published a post on his Facebook page about the coronavirus vaccines. Chachua claims that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is involved in the purchase of vaccines to ensure that children in Georgia are subject to mandatory vaccination. Chachua notes that vaccination has been...

Mano Beridze, a Facebook user, published a post in a Facebook group “კორონა მაფია” (Corona Mafia) – where she is a moderator – citing an Italian virologist Giulio Taro. Taro claims that the number of those who died of COVID-19 is significantly lower than reported in the Italian media. The given post has also been...

On September 5, Facebook page Alt-Info published a video by Emre Kuchuk known as Alpha Dominant, where he talks about Georgia’s anti-discrimination law, saying that following the adoption of this law, Georgian citizens are frequently arrested on charges of violence, while attitude towards foreign nationals and other ethnic and religious groups is more tolerant and...

On August 18, Facebook page “Fitfactory-სწორიკვება-wellness club” shared a post with accompanying photos, claiming that due to the violations found during the inspection of McDonald’s fast food chain, many of its restaurants were closed in various cities. Earlier on July 31, Facebook user “Gadea Gadea Guruli” also published anidentical post, saying that human, horse, mouse...

Valeri Kvaratskhelia, host of Obieqtivi TV program “Gamis Studia” (Night Studio), said on September 1 that the Soviet Union was dissolved against the will of Soviet people. He cited the March 14, 1991 referendum to prove his words. Valeri Kvaratskhelia: “Just recollect the year 1991. A referendum is being held in the Soviet Union on...