Facebook user Vazha Meladze’s video, published on March 22, 2020, has been actively circulating in various public groups and individual accounts on Facebook since January 25. In the video, the author writes “coronavirus” in reverse (coronavirus – surivanoroc) in Google translate, spaces the last two syllables and as a result, it’s translated into — “მზის...

Giorgi Tabagari is the co-founder and director of Tbilisi pride. One year ago, he organized a first-ever gay pride in Georgia, which, however, was held in a restricted format due to threats. In the interview, he talks about the connection between fake news and homophobia in Georgian society. Giorgi, you organized the first gay pride in...

On 21 January 2021, Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights announced its ruling on the case of Georgia v. Russia over the 2008 Russia-Georgia war and found Russia guilty on key points listed in the application lodged against Russia. According to the judgment of the Strasbourg Court, the Russian Federation exercised effective...

On January 26, a Facebook user Gocha Chumashvili shared a screenshot of an article by an online edition geomediapress.ge, which claimed that the vaccination using an American pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s vaccine was stopped. The reason was claimed to be the death of up to 400 people in Norway after the vaccination.        ...

  A conflict between local Muslims and Christians in Buknari village, Chokhatauri Municipality, connected to setting up a praying space in a private house, grew into a physical confrontation on January 12-13. On January 14, non-governmental organizations disseminated a statement related to the Buknari incident, mentioning that the right of the Muslim community to set...

The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on January 20. Biden took over the presidency amid widespread voter fraud allegations voiced by ex-President Donald Trump and his allies since the November elections. The same allegations were actively promoted in Georgia by Trump supporters, ultranationalist and pro-Kremlin media...

On January 20, 2021, a former MP Demur Giorkhelidze published a photo of a map of Georgia on Facebook with the borders, recognized by the League of Nations, according to the author. As the photo claims, the French map was hitherto unknown and it was discovered in Göttingen Library in Germany. The photo indicates a...

  Since January 15, videos of two women having trouble moving or speaking due to tremors has been actively disseminated on Georgian web in the context of side effects of the coronavirus vaccine. On January 20, a Facebook page „ბიბლიის ერთმორწმუნე ქრისტიანები“ (Bible’s coreligionist Christians) shared both videos from a foreign user with a caption...

On January 19, a Georgian Trump supporter, Beka Vardosanidze, spoke in a program “Alt-Interview” at an ultra-nationalist TV channel Alt TV. He claimed that Biden had made a statement about allowing a nine-year-old child to change sex. We also find similar information in a material disseminated by the Union of Orthodox Journalists on December 7,...

  On January 20, Facebook profile Tamaz Chikhladze published a photo of Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria with the following comment: “Nino Lomjaria, “public defender”: Georgian penitentiary system is governed by informal “thief-in-law” Bidzina Ivanishvili”. As of 14:30, January 21, the post has 61 reactions,80 comments, and 27 shares. The aforesaid account shared the post...

On January 19, 2021, the Facebook page “ბიბლიის მორწმუნე ქრისტიანები” (Bible Believing Christians) published a video with a text claiming that Boris Johnson has known about the coronavirus pandemic in advance and according to the author, his speech recorded few months before the pandemic is a proof of that. Video attached to the post is...

On January 13, Nona Agdgomelashvili, a general practitioner, published a post sharing the statement spread by Tina Topuria, a Georgian homeopath. The latter calls on vaccine supporters to assume personal liability for its safety and demands the government to set up a foundation for the victims of vaccination. On her part, Nona Agdgomelashvili notes in...