@MythDetector

Fact-checking & myth debunking platform. Member of @factchecknet and @eurofactcheck

 Tbilisi
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Joined November 2016
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In the new report, published for #WorldPressFreedomDay, Media Development Foundation and @MythDetector summarize key trends in #disinformation & #discrediting campaigns targeting media and journalists in 2025 and the first four months of 2026. 🔗mdfgeorgia.ge/en/case/disinf…

Disinformation and Discrediting Campaigns Against Media and Journalists - MDF Georgia

May 3 is the World Press Freedom Day. The media, as an important democratic institution, is often targeted by those in power. Against the backdrop of informational autocracy, these challenges […]

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The overlapping messages of Russia, the Georgian government, and pro-Kremlin actors in Georgia 👇 Read MDF’s new study, “#FIMI and #InformationalAutocracy in Georgia,” here > mdfgeorgia.ge/eng/view-libra…
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Presenting MDF’s new study, which analyzes Georgia’s information environment in the context of increasing risks of manipulation and foreign information interference (#FIMI), as well as the internal and external factors shaping public opinion. Read her > mdfgeorgia.ge/eng/view-libra…
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🔻 Technologies were used by both external actors (Russia) and domestic pro-government actors to influence public opinion and discredit opponents. Read MDF’s new study, “#FIMI and #InformationalAutocracy in Georgia,” her > mdfgeorgia.ge/eng/view-libra…
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The overlapping messages of Russia, the Georgian government, and pro-Kremlin actors in Georgia 👇 Read MDF’s new study, “#FIMI and #InformationalAutocracy in Georgia,” here > mdfgeorgia.ge/eng/view-libra…
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📍Stages of fabrication and dissemination of the AI-generated video of #MaiaSandu Read MDF’s new study, “#FIMI and #InformationalAutocracy in Georgia,” here > mdfgeorgia.ge/eng/view-libra…
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"The challenges we face do not solely stem from external actors. In addition to FIMI, we are witnessing the rise of informational autocracy, which poses a significant threat to the liberal order." @tamarMDF's keynote speech at "The Future of Political Disinformation in Europe."
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@tamarMDF, Executive Director of @mdfgeo & Chief Editor of @MythDetector, joins the @OSCE_RFoM 25th Central Asia Media Conference 🇺🇿 (Nov 13–14, Tashkent). She’ll speak on Media Literacy as a Frontline Response to Disinformation. #MediaViability #OSCE #MediaLiteracy
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El gobierno y medios afines usaron sus testimonios para presentar los comicios como “transparentes”. Según @MythDetector, es una táctica para legitimar elecciones con veedores falsos, similar a lo visto en Rusia o Bielorrusia.
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🤝 Esta investigación fue compartida con Ecuador Chequea por el equipo de Myth Detector (@MythDetector) gracias a la comunidad del @factchecknet a la que pertenecemos. 💻 Léela en español: ecuadorchequea.com/falsos-ob… 📖 Léela completa (en inglés) aquí: mythdetector.com/en/who-are-…
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#ChequeaComparte | 🗳️ En las elecciones locales de Georgia (Europa del Este), varios “observadores internacionales” resultaron ser empresarios, ultraconservadores y figuras ligadas a Rusia. Una investigación de @MythDetector lo documentó. Abrimos hilo 👇
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@factchecknet condemns state pressure on fact-checkers in Georgia 👉 poynter.org/ifcn/2025/ifcn-c…
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@EUvsDisinfo25 Jul 2025
Georgia's Imedi TV: once a broadcaster, now a propaganda megaphone, parroting Kremlin lies and fuelling anti-EU sentiment. #DontBeDeceived👇 euvsd.info/xUjBIg6w

Imedi TV: The propaganda megaphone undermining Georgia’s EU aspirations

Imedi TV has become the ruling party’s most powerful propaganda machine, relentlessly pushing anti-western rhetoric and echoing Kremlin-style disinformation.

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💭@tamarMDF, MDF's Executive Director, said in her acceptance speech after receiving @DeutscheWelle Freedom of Speech Award 2025 at @DW_GMF #GMF2025
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Read the statement here > efcsn.com/news/2025-06-25_ef…

EFCSN stands with Georgian fact-checkers against attacks on civil society and freedom of expression...

At least six NGOs in Georgia, including EFCSN member Media Development Foundation, received court orders to turn over extensive information about their activities to the so-called Anti-Corruption...

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Replying to @eurofactcheck
@eurofactcheck: At least six NGOs in Georgia, including EFCSN member Media Development Foundation, received court orders to turn over extensive information about their activities to the so-called Anti-Corruption Bureau, including personal data of beneficiaries and partners.
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How can we safeguard journalism amidst the global rise of authoritarianism? The expert panel with @tamarMDF, @chrimihr and @InesDrefs tried to answer this question on June 2 at DW Freedom Talk organized by @dw_akademie
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@EUvsDisinfo1 Jun 2025
🇬🇪 As Georgia’s new “Foreign Agents” law takes effect, narratives supporting it are echoing pro-Kremlin rhetoric and seek to discredit critics. #DontBeDeceived 👉 euvsd.info/FJsUil27
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🎙️According to data gathered from open sources by the @mdfgeo between 2022 and 2025, there have been 14 cases of #journalists being denied entry to #Georgia.  🚫The border closes for unwanted journalists: Who is and isn’t welcome in Georgia? Read here 👉mediameter.ge/en/content/bor…
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In the latest edition of the Le Bulletin, published by Avocats Barreau Paris, @tamarMDF, Executive Director of the @mdfgeo shares her experiences and insights on combating #disinformation and promoting #medialiteracy in Georgia. 👉secure.webpublication.fr/554…
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