As part of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week, the Communications Commission has announced the Media Literacy Olympiad for teachers and students, aimed at raising awareness about media literacy and encouraging the fight against disinformation among the school community. The Olympiad is open to teams composed of I-V and VI-XII students, each led by one teacher. Teams must answer the question “How do we deal with disinformation?" in the form of a blog, essay, article, video,...

The Communications Commission upheld the complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against TV Pirveli and Formula, and issued violation protocols to the broadcasters. The case concerns the political advertising submitted by Georgian Dream, which was taken off the air by the broadcasters.  The TV stations initially aired the video clip, but after a few days, both broadcasters removed the advert from the network due to a possible violation of the law....

The Communications Commission upheld the complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula. The Commission issued violation protocols to the TV companies but appealed to the court to free the broadcasters from liability. Based on the precedents of the case, the Commission has recommended not to fine the broadcasters.   The case concerns the complaint lodged by Georgian Dream...

The Communications Commission rejected the complaint lodged by the political union Unity – National Movement against the following broadcasters: Mtavari Arkhi, Formula, TV Pirveli, Teleimedi, Rustavi 2 (Media Holding), Studio Maestro, PosTV, Georgian Public Broadcaster, Adjara TV and Radio of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Silk Media, and Ilioni.  According to the complaint lodged by Unity – National Movement, the coalition requested free placement of political advertising...

The Communications Commission has upheld a complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against Mtavari Arkhi and issued the broadcaster with a violation protocol. The case concerns the political adverts submitted by Georgian Dream, which Mtavari Arkhi refused to broadcast.  Mtavari Arkhi cited a potential violation of the law as reason for refusing to place the advert. The broadcaster believes that the video clip may violate the hate speech regulation...

The Communications Commission has started media monitoring of the 2024 parliamentary election period. During this time, the Commission will monitor up to 55 TV stations 24 hours a day. Aside from quantitative monitoring, the 5 most popular channels (Teleimedi, Rustavi 2, PosTV, Mtavari Arkhi and TV Pirveli) will also be subject to qualitative monitoring between 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. The monitoring process will be implemented by 25 specially trained monitors who will follow pre-election...

The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to Adjarasport.tv for the sale of shares without the Commission’s prior approval. The case concerns the 3 March 2024 transaction that changed the mid-level beneficiary ownership of Adjarasport.tv. Specifically, a change was made in the founding document of Adjara.com, which owns 100% of Adjarasport.tv, with company partner City Loft being replaced by P.A. Holding as the owner of 100% stake. The Communications Commission was...

The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to TV Obieqivi for broadcasting political adverts in violation of the law. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in August of this year, the broadcaster aired such adverts on numerous occasions. Specifically, the video clips include party leaders and other representatives of the political union Alliance of Patriots of Georgia talking about issues such as pensions, land sale to foreign nationals, recovery of...

The Communications Commission has published a guide for broadcasters regarding the regulation of election-related issues to comply with the legislation during the coverage of the pre-election period of the 2024 parliamentary elections. The purpose of the guide is to clarify for the broadcasters the issues that must be in full compliance with the Georgian legislation when covering the elections. The published document is of an informative and advisory nature, and will help broadcasters conduct...

For airing political advertising in violation of the law, the Communications Commission fined Mtavari Arkhi GEL 2500 and issued a written caution to PosTV. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in July of this year, the broadcasters aired video clips containing political advertising, namely:  The political video clips aired by Mtavari Arkhi presented the Law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence in a negative context, describing it as a “Russian...