On November 5, Facebook user Lana Lana published a post in a public group “Coronavirus/Let’s defeat COVID-19 together”, in which she states that persimmon kills coronavirus according to the study by Japanese scientists. The author of the post doesn’t indicate any additional information or a source. The mentioned information in the post is based on the experiment...

On November 6, a Facebook page Facts published the post of the Facebook user Ilia Kobaidze depicting the photo of representatives of the LGBT community with the following inscription: “Youth wing of United Opposition”.  Photo’s caption appeals to people to join the opposition protest planned on Sunday, November 8 using the following words: “Come out to the protest rally...

On November 6, a pro-Trump Georgian Facebook page “ჩვენ ვართ” (We Are) posted a video with a caption involving U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s quotes: “We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.” Biden’s remarks have been taken out of context and are spread...

On November 6, Facebook user Tamar Ujmajuridze shared a screenshot involving alleged quotes by MP Salome Samadashvili of the opposition United National Movement. The post quotes Samadashvili as saying: “Patriarch Ilia II and the Church are the biggest problems in our country. Until people trust the church, which is full of bandits, we will stay in the swamp. The...

On November 5, a Facebook page “მოგიტ*ანთ ოპოზიცია” (Fu** your opposition) shared a video, uploaded on its page on November 17, 2019, with a following description: “Vashadze’s address to the people”. The 16-second-long video shows how Grigol Vashadze speaks to journalists at a protest demonstration on November 17, 2019. In the video, Vashadze says: “Pardon...

On November 4, a Facebook page „ვაი ბიძიკო“ (Vai bidziko) published a video titled “How Saakashvili Refers to the Georgian Nation”. In the first part of the video, a footage with TV Pirveli logo shows Saakashvili saying: “Forget Saakashvili’s name and surname… You are all cruel, non-Georgians, non-humans.”. In the next footage, the former President of Georgia...

“MediaCritic” – Georgian National Communications Commission’s web portal – about which “Myth Detector” had been reporting before, dedicated the most of its publications in the pre-election period to the scrutiny of the media outlets with critical editorial policies towards the government; while pro-government media outlets’ editorial policies were only touched upon symbolically. At the same...

On November 1, a pro-Kremlin edition News Front published an article titled “Scientists Ready to Merge a Human with an Animal”. The article mentions that Japan issued a permit to conduct an experiment that aims to merge a human with an animal to get a hybrid species. The article also mentions that a professor at the University...

On November 1, 2020, Shore Shanidze, an anti-vax activist, published a lengthy post on her Facebook page headlined “Enemy’s Plans.” The post claims that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), a prestigious medical journal, has published a plan developed by Bill Gates on carrying out mandatory vaccination and establishing total control over the world population....

On November 2, Ermile Nemsadze, the Head of the Western Georgia Office of the Georgian March and a majoritarian candidate in Kutaisi, published a post on his Facebook account where he spoke about a request to withdraw Kelly Degnan, the U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, and notes that Degnan was among the 17 diplomats that requested an impeachment...

On November 1, online media outlet “Marshallpress” published information with the following headline “Nika Melia’s “Hoax” – how the “fox” kept the tossed bracelet “. According to the information, on November 1, after Nika Melia tossed the electronic monitoring bracelet required for the probation as a form of protest during the rally outside of the parliament, this...

On October 22-23, 2020 online media outlet News Front Georgia and Facebook page “სტალინი” (Stalin) published Givi Berdzenishvili’s interview about Stalin’s achievements for Georgia. According to his statement, Sochi was never a part of Georgia, whereas there was no such thing as Stalin’s repressions, and the Georgian population amounted to 5,5 million under Stalin’s rule. Givi Berdzenishvili’s...