Introduction Composition of the electoral administration is an important challenge in Georgia. Even though for years there have been active discussions about improving the existing model of composition, which would entail moving from the so-called m ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has discovered a suspicious scheme of coordinated dissemination of materials of a Russian media outlet Sputnik across Georgian Facebook space. Based on observation of open sources on ...
In Georgia and the Western countries, coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is accompanied by a powerful campaign of information manipulation in social media, for disinformation and discrediting purposes. As the international crisis unfolds, intensified Ru ...
On December 20, social networking site Facebook removed 418 accounts from its platform for coordinated inauthentic behavior, including 344 pages, 13 groups, 39 profiles and 22 Instagram accounts. Facebook’s investigation found that people ...
The present social media monitoring report summarizes quantitative and qualitative findings based on the study of Facebook pages that disseminate value-based divisive narratives, sheds light to possible coordination between these pages, and provid ...
Almost a year ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections, disinformation campaign is getting traction on Facebook and one of its primary targets are civil society organizations and activists. These organized campaigns illustrate that anonymous actors ...
There has been an active discrediting campaign on Facebook against the protest rallies taking place following the developments of the night of June 20-21. The campaign involves Facebook pages that targeted opposition candidates and parties ...
Facebook serves as an important platform for political activity in Georgia, which political parties, candidates and support groups are using as a powerful weapon for spreading information that advances their interests. This includes political interes ...