There are a number of anonymous pages on Facebook, mostly spreading nationalistic or religious type of content, but covertly serving the purpose of discrediting Opposition parties, critical media outlets, and campaigning in favor of the ruling party ...
Pages of false support have emerged as a weapon of political discreditation, aiming to confuse, mislead and disorient online users. Such pages are acting in a disguised manner. They pose as pages run by supporters of the very party, candidate or pers ...
On February 23 police raided headquarters of Georgia’s largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM) and arrested its leader Nika Melia[1]. During the raid, police used tear gas to disperse Melia’s supporters who had barri ...
The present report analyzes main trends in the social media field in Georgia from September 1 to November 21, 2020. In particular, it outlines activity of official pages of political parties and candidates registered for the elections and official pa ...
The present report of social media monitoring summarizes activities identified by studying Facebook pages that disseminate value-based divisive narratives and entails both quantitative and qualitative findings. The report also outlines coordination o ...
On March 22, the Facebook page - “Bidzina Ivanishvili & Media”, known for active support of the ruling party - “Georgian Dream” and Bidzina Ivanishvili, has published a positive post regarding the return of the former Prim ...
Oversight Board is an independent body established by Facebook, which reviews Facebook’s decisions to remove content (posts, comments, pages, groups, accounts). Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook management initiated discu ...
The present report analyzes main trends identified in social media field in Georgia during the official pre-election period for the 2020 parliamentary elections. In particular, the report summarizes activity of official pages of political parties and ...