On August 30th, 2021, the U.S. has finished withdrawing its military forces from Afghanistan. The process itself started after reaching the agreement with the Taliban during Trump’s presidency in Doha. During the process, the Taliban accelerated the military campaign and seized control of the majority of the Afghan territories, including the capital city Kabul. Until...

On August 27th, the Facebook user ‘Nino Nino’ published a 22-second-long video showing soldiers unconsciously lying on the ground, with other military personnel trying to help them. Nino Nino claims that several Indian soldiers who were vaccinated received a heart attack during military training. On August 28th, the same video was shared by the user Karen...

On September 5th, 2021, the Facebook user “Nino Nino” published a video where Kamala Harris, the vice president of the U.S., gets inoculated by a coronavirus vaccine. The frame where the medical worker allegedly straightens the needle by the end of the procedure is repeated several times. The video description asserts that Harris did not take the...

On August 28th, the Facebook page of the political party “Free Georgia” aired a live broadcast of a Zoom meeting, in which the party leader Kakha Kukava talks to Davit Dolidze. According to the video description,  Georgian citizens are forced to be vaccinated at the Kutaisi airport. The respondent claims that his children had to...

On August 9th, the Facebook user “Nino Nino” shared a video showcasing how a person sets a specific part of the field on fire. According to the description, the video demonstrates how the world is burned down artificially to reduce the level of oxygen. As of August 9th, the post has accumulated 23000 shares. The...

Blogger Natia Colussi obtained large-scale exposure to Georgian social media after publishing a video named “Very Unpopular video: Plans behind the March for Dignity” on July 7th. Following the forced cancellation of the “March for Dignity, mass violence against journalists, repression of LGBTQ+ activists and raging homophobic discourse, the video rapidly became popular among the...

Georgian social network accommodates a number of quotes shared in the name of journalists and civil activists. On July 10th, the Facebook page “Liberastuli seni” published a quote, which was ascribed to Maia Mamulashvili, and claimed that homophobes sent by ‘Putinist groups’ had bitten children. Two days later, on July 12th, the same page shared...

Anti-Western narratives were predominantly nurtured by the Levan Vasadze-linked Media Outlet Alt-Info. In addition to actively participating in organizing the anti-Pride demonstrations of July 5th, the hosts of Alt-Info were actively spreading controversial messages aimed at mobilizing violent groups. After July 5th, the violent rhetoric of Alt-Info became more assertive and was aimed at: Western...

On July 5th, violent groups marching against the planned Tbilisi Pride forcefully intruded into the office of “Shame movement” and assaulted several journalists. During the incident, Aleksandre Lashkarava – the cameraman of “TV Pirveli,” received severe injuries. Six days after, Lashkarava was found dead in his apartment. During the 17:15 emergency briefing on July 11th,...

The statement of Tbilisi Pride regarding the planned events on July 1-5 aimed at protecting the LGBTQ+ rights (including the Pride March planned on July 5th on Rustaveli Ave.) was followed by violent, homophobic and anti-Western messages by hate groups. The following report consists of two parts, which, on the one hand, analyze the messages...

On June 26, Facebook users Nina Marji and Bachi Kurdadze shared a screenshot of the comment by Tamila España, one of the social network users, stating that new law is to be passed in Spain, on the basis of which if vaccination is refused, children will be taken away from parents, while irresponsible parents will...

On June 22, Facebook user Giorgi Dzidziguri shared a photo depicting Georgian Patriarch Ilia II to a public group “გასამართლდეს ნაციონალური მოძრაობა!” (Bring the National Movement to Justice). The photo is accompanied by the quote attributed to the Patriarch: “I will end Natsi band.” The photo was uploaded on Facebook page “ეკლესია ლიბერასტების წინააღმდეგ” (Church...