On October 30, Facebook user Manana Beradze posted a video featuring riot police bursting into the Metro Station and detaining passengers. A description accompanying the video reads that the incident was linked to face masks. It becomes clear from the comments that initially the author indicated Paris as the place of incident but changed it to Seoul...

On November 30, Facebook page iNews published a post, which notes that the pandemic scenario was written in 1941. The post involves the dialogue between young and old devils with one of them naming fear of getting sick as the reason behind bringing souls to hell. The post notes in the end that it is an...

Update: After Myth Detector published the fact-checked articles in Georgian language and labeled  the content on facebook as false, Kardhu removed the post. On November 1, a Facebook page „კარდჰუ“ (Kardhu) shared what was allegedly a comment by Kelly Degnan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, together with her photo. According to the post, Ambassador Degnan stated the following: “Elections were...

On October 31, Pharnaoz Chkadua, supporter of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, posted on his Facebook page that Georgian troops serving in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan voted for the National Movement that has led to the latter’s overwhelming victory. As of 2pm, the post has 278 shares. Similar information was published by Facebook...

At 12:38, October 31, “Kronika”, the news program of Imedi TV, live-streamed(12:38) the information about members of the National Movement distributing cash at the polling station and causing agitation. TV channel cited one of the social network user’s video footage and comment as the source. Distribution of cash to the electorate isn’t seen in the disseminated...

On October 31, 2020, the day of parliamentary election in Georgia, a Facebook user Tea Pirtskhalava published a photo of Condoleezza Rice, the former Secretary of State of the United States. On the picture, Rice is wearing a shirt that displays number 41, while the caption says “It’s My Team. Georgian Dream”. Pirtskhalava herself captioned the photo...

On October 29, the Facebook page  „აქ საქართველოა“ (Here is Georgia) published a screenshot of the deputy of the Russian Duma, Sergei Gavrilov’s Facebook profile, where a Russain post about Buba Kikabidze can be seen. The page writes that Sergei Gavrilov responded to Buba Kikabidze, number 1 on the party list of election bloc,  performing part of...

A clickbait website 24news.com.ge published an article titled “Bidzina Ivanishvili Will Cover Debts – Great News that Just Became Public” on October 14. The article mentions that, according to Mtavari Channel, Georgian Dream drafted a bill which would write off debts from citizens. The article does not mention details about the content of the bill or the date of its...

On October 28, a Facebook page „მიშა დაგვიბრუნდი“ (Come Back Misha) published a sponsored post with the following text: “Under a revolutionary scenario, would you die to change Ivanishvili’s government? Express your opinion through [Facebook] reactions”. The post had 419 reactions, 238 comments, and six shares as of October 29, 15:00. The post was sponsored on October...

On October 27, „ექვთიმე ბიძინაშვილი“ (Ekvtime Bidzinashvili), a Facebook page, published a photo with a caption: “Document proving that Bidzina Ivanishvili is ill”. The photo shows a report from Moscow’s Fourth Psychiatric Hospital. The document indicates 1991 as the year when the report was issued. According to the document, patient Bidzina Ivanishvili was hearing voices and was...

On October 23, 2020, Facebook page qadageba.ge posted a video titled “Pandemic or Corona Hoax,” where four clerics, including Davit Isakadze, Davit Kvlividze, Davit Sulashvili and Archil Kituashvili speak about the restrictions imposed in Georgia and throughout the world amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the regulations imposed on churches. The clerics claim that coronavirus fears...

A Facebook group Travel Georgia published a post on October 25, 2020 claiming that the News program on Mtavari Channel aired a fake story about an armed robbery at a bank in Gurjaani. According to Travel Georgia, Mtavari Channel used a photo from a robbery in Oklahoma, U.S. to illustrate the fake news. The page calls on...