On September 2, the Georgian Dream’s fourth prime minister, Mamuka Bakhtadze resigned by releasing a statement on Facebook. Bakhtadze’s farewell on Facebook was somewhat symbolic considering that his entire tenure was accompanied by spons ...
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 ...
During the 2018 presidential election, as part of its social media monitoring, ISFED discovered 19 Georgian language false media pages on Facebook. This number has increased after the election, with 32 false media pages operating as of January 2 ...
For the 2018 presidential elections, ISFED is implementing the project on social media monitoring. Within the project, during the first round of the election ISFED has discovered 54 Facebook pages operating for the purpose of discrediting ...
On November 20, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented second interim report of social media monitoring in the context of the 2018 presidential election. The present report summarizes trends identified by IS ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is for the first time carrying out social media monitoring during the 2018 presidential election. Increasing role of social media and its impact within the context of elections was cl ...
In the contemporary world of information technologies, social media has become a strong instrument for shaping political opinions and holding public debates. As the number of social media users and influence of social media platforms grows, political ...