Alt-Info
Alt-Info is a private TV Company and online information portal in the country of Georgia.[1] It was founded in 2019 as a right-wing conservative media platform to "counter aggressive liberal censorship". Alt-Info was granted an authorisation by Georgian National Communications Commission in November 2020.[2] It launched TV broadcasting in January 2021.[3]
Alt-Info
The platform describes as its main goal to "overcome aggressive censorship imposed by the ideological mainstream and supply audience with as complete and objective information as possible".[7]
On 5 November 2020, Facebook stated that it removed network connected to Alt-Info for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".[8] Its official website was attacked and shut down by hackers on 1 March 2022.[9]
References
- ^ "მაუწყებლობის ავტორიზაციები". Communications Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "მაუწყებლობის ავტორიზაციები". Communications Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Kincha, Shota (21 February 2021). "Georgia's Trump-loving alt-right begin broadcasting on TV". OC Media. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Alt-Info". Myth Detector. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Interrogation of Guram Palavandishvili and Alt-Info members over". Report.ge. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Right-wing media outlet Alt-Info officially registered as political party". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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- ^ "Facebook Removes Networks Linked to Alliance of Patriots, Alt-info". Civil.ge. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Georgian hackers shut down Alt-info website". queer.ge. Retrieved 20 March 2022.