On September 11-12, Facebook pages such as “Enemies of the Country,” “Politics,” as well as David Tordia, a supporter of the ruling party “Georgian Dream,” disseminated a claim that the coalition “Unity – National Movement” had presented an electoral list. Allegedly, this list included Megis Kardava, Bacho Akhalaia, Nika Narsia, Lex-Seni, Badri Shubladze, TikTok influencer...

In the period from March 2023 to July 2024, “Mediacritic,” the web platform of the regulatory body, the Communications Commission (ComCom), which Myth Detector has written about before, again focused much of its attention on criticizing media outlets with editorial policies critical of the government. Myth Detector analyzed 139 articles published on the mediacritic.ge website...

Meta’s August 2024 Adversarial Threat Report revealed that the company removed a Russian network of Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages, which targeted Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. In these countries, Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as accounts on other social networks such as YouTube and TikTok, were spreading news from fake websites in a...

On September 8, a Georgian-language Facebook account named “Ruslan Ghadua,” a supporter of the ruling party “Georgian Dream,” published a short video reel featuring a photo of Nika Gvaramia, leader of the political party Akhali (New), along with a quote attributed to him. According to the post, the politician allegedly said: “Georgian Dream rigged the...

On September 5, the Facebook page Georgia First News shared information claiming that the family of Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, is endorsing Donald Trump in the presidential election. The post was accompanied by a photo showing people wearing T-shirts with the inscription “Nebraska Walz’s for Trump.” This information was also shared...

On September 5th, a Georgian Dream MP, Nino Tsilosani, published a post on her Facebook page about the banning of political parties in member states of the Council of Europe. According to Tsilosani, there have been around 150 such cases, with 22 in Ukraine, 13 in France, 9 in Romania, 4 in Spain, 3 in...

On September 2, a Georgian-language Facebook account, which manages the pro-Georgian Dream page “Leader 41,” shared a cover of Ekonomist magazine. The cover features a caricature of Georgia’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, with a Turkish caption that reads “Export Route.” The former president is shown riding a pink bicycle while wearing a pink tie and...

On September 2, the publication “Marshalpress” released a statement by pro-government expert Levan Nikoleishvili, in which he responded to the European Parliament member Markéta Gregorová. Nikoleishvili claimed that in Ukraine and Moldova, which are considered frontrunners in terms of EU accession, the governments have banned parties that were undesirable to them. Levan Nikoleishvili, pro-government expert:...

On August 30-31, the pro-government media outlet POSTV published Gela Mtivlishvili’s quotes from the Constitutional Court hearing on the so-called “Foreign Agents” law. Mtivlishvili is the editor of the online media “Mtis Ambebi.” According to POSTV’s social media card, Mtivlishvili allegedly admitted that online media has secret and non-transparent funding. They also published a video...

On August 26, the Facebook page “Salte” published the show “Politics Hour with Tamta Karchava,” featuring analyst Davit Zardiashvili as a guest. Zardiashvili discussed the six-point agreement signed on August 12, 2008, between Russia and Georgia, brokered by France. According to Zardiashvili, Saakashvili removed the clause from the agreement that prohibited Russia from unilaterally recognizing...

As the parliamentary elections approach, newly created Facebook pages have emerged, spreading propaganda and defamatory content against political parties through various forms of visual manipulation. Among these posts are altered videos, some of which have been flagged as false information on Facebook. In August, “Myth Detector” analyzed four such Facebook pages, which share the following...

On August 28, a Georgian-language Facebook user disseminated a claim that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government froze a multi-billion-dollar contract for the purchase of 80 fighter jets with France because of Pavel Durov. According to his post, the decision was made after the founder of Telegram was arrested in France. The same information was...