On October 13, 2023, former Georgian MP Demur Giorkhelidze published a post about the US senator’s alleged public statement. The photo shows the CNN logo and the following inscription: Graham: “We must bomb the entire world.” On October 14, director and pro-government expert Goga Khaindrava published the same story on Twitter. He attached a Babylon...

On September 17 and 15, 2023, a fake Facebook account published alleged quotes from the chairman of “Georgian Dream,” Irakli Kobakhidze and Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. According to the post disseminated on the social network, Kobakhidze calls on the supporters of the Georgian Dream to place the Palestinian flag as a “frame” on Facebook as...

  Ulviyya Karimova Ulviyya is an independent journalist, situated in Baku, Azerbaijan, professionally known as Ulviyya Shahin. She obtained an MA from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) in Multimedia Journalism and Media Management.  Throughout her education, she secured success in multiple projects within Georgia and concurrently maintained her engagement with Azerbaijani media outlets. Her...

Tamar Maisuradze Tamar studies at  Ilia State University, on a Masters program in Molecular Biosciences. Tamar is a teacher, providing her students not only scientific knowledge, but skills to overcome challenges in their lives. Her interest in participating in this project is to develop herself and share the acquired knowledge with her students. Contest Material:...

On October 8, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user shared a post regarding a muslim who allegedly killed his wife in Egypt because of reading the Bible. According to the post,  the woman was buried with two still-alive daughters, one of whom was an infant, the other  – 8 years old. The Facebook post claims, it...

On October 11-12, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3, 4) shared a photo collage, which, according to their information, depicts Palestinian children who died in the last 24 hours. Partly false information is being disseminated about the children who died during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In fact, the photo collage depicts, children and teenagers who...

In October 13, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook users (1, 2, 3) reported about the Palestinian girl pulled from the ruins of Gaza and shared a corresponding video. According to the first post, a baby was pulled from one of the ruins of Gaza bombed by the Jews, hugging its dead mother, while the second and third...

On October 6, 2023, Facebook page “Zoommer Laptops” published a post encouraging customers to purchase laptops for as low as 5,5 GEL. According to the ad, the company is not happy with the quality of the laptops received, therefore, “Zoommer” wants to get rid of them as quickly as possible – hence the low price....

Since October 8, 2023, a video of children in cages has been going viral on social networks along with the claim that it depicts Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas terrorists (1;2;3;4;5;6;7). In the video, a man can be heard laughing loudly. Georgian news agencies Resonancedaily and TV Pirveli published information with identical video and content....

On September 9, 2023, anonymous Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2) shared a video showing an armed attack on a woman wearing a white hijab. The video shows how two armed men ask a woman standing in a circle of people to hand over her bag, and then shoot her. A gunman kicks a fallen woman....

On October 10, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook pages (1, 2) published a quote from the Minister of Defense of Israel, Yoav Gallant: “We abolished all the rules of war; our soldiers are not responsible for anything. There will be no military courts.” The same quote was disseminated by the Georgian language Facebook users (1, 2, 3,...

On October 9, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a post, according to which a letter signed by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was leaked on the Internet. The letter is addressed to King Philip VI of Spain and asks the...