Alt-Info
Alt-Info was 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 authorization by Georgian National Communications Commission in November 2020.[2] It launched TV broadcasting in January 2021.[3]
Alt-Info Ltd. was founded by Shota Martinenko and Tsiala Morgoshia in January 2019, who each own half of the company's shares.[4] Members of Alt-Info participated in organization of several demonstrations and protests, including the protests against Tbilisi Pride in 2021.[5] One of the sponsors of Alt-Info is Konstantine Morgoshia, a businessman who was founding member of Georgian March and Alliance of Patriots. In November 2021, members of Alt-Info established a political party called Conservative Movement. The party was officially registered by the National Agency of Public Registry on 7 December.[6] Members of Alt-Info were also involved in founding of the non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity Alternative for Georgia in 2019.[4]
The platform described 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 behavior".[8] Its official website was attacked and shut down by hackers on 1 March 2022.[9]
In October 2024, Alt-Info, affiliated with the Conservative Movement and running on the Alliance of Patriots ballot, announced it would go off air following its disappointing performance in the 2024 parliamentary elections.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alt-Info".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pro-Russian Alt- Info Channel Goes Off Air". Civil Georgia. 29 October 2024.
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