Parallel to the war waged by Russia in Ukraine, anti-Western and, in some cases, openly pro-Russian messages have intensified in Georgia. According to the popular narrative, the West is pushing Georgia into war against Russia. Similar rhetoric and in ...
Facebook Privacy Shortcuts: An ability to control your own algorithm? Facebook Privacy Shortcuts have been updated again in 2021 - the interface has been improved and navigation has been simplified. The platform has been informing users about the dat ...
In addition to invading Ukraine and unleashing war, Russia is also waging an active information war on social media. Pro-Russian propaganda activity is observed in Georgia as well, especially on Telegram, which is used to spread the news about the wa ...
Following the announcement of Nika Gvaramia's verdict, the media agency - Ongo.ge, an agency mimicking the credible media agency - on.ge, released "exclusive" information that allegedly Salome Zurabishvili will pardon Nika Gvaramia and that thi ...
In spring 2020, after six months of monitoring News-Front Georgia on Facebook, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) concluded that the Georgian branch of the Kremlin's propaganda agency was operating with massive violati ...
Over the recent period, ISFED has investigated various types of technics designed for spreading disinformation and propaganda in social media. One of the mentioned tactics includes information-boosting by pro-government and false media outlets, based ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy has been monitoring ongoing social media campaigns since 2018 in the context of elections. This report presents the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the discrediting campaign of the l ...
Similar to the 2020 parliamentary elections, the 2021 municipal elections were held during the Covid-19 pandemic, which increased the role of social media in the election campaigning in Georgia. The importance of the social network in the electo ...