Since Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Georgia’s application for EU membership and the Commission’s decision regarding the candidate status, anti-Western messages have particularly strengthened in Georgia. Along with pro-Russian an ...
Since 2018, ISFED has been monitoring political activities on social networks and studying information campaigns on social media platforms. Over the years, the strategies of active actors are changing, adapting to certain limitations, new circumstanc ...
On 29th of August, certain figures acting in favor of the ruling party, who present themselves to public as expert-analysts, posted in an organized manner about the so-called "partner states’/US agents". Considering country’s existing con ...
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 ...