Alt-Info
Alt-Infois a private TV Company and online information portal in the country ofGeorgia.[1]It was founded in 2019 as aright-wingconservativemedia platform to "counter aggressiveliberalcensorship ". Alt-Info was granted an authorization byGeorgian National Communications Commissionin November 2020.[2]It launched TV broadcasting in January 2021.[3]
Alt-InfoLtd.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 ofGeorgian MarchandAlliance of Patriots.In November 2021, members of Alt-Info established a political party calledConservative 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 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,Facebookstated 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]
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- Television stations in Georgia (country)
- Television channels and stations established in 2020
- Georgian-language television stations
- 2019 establishments in Georgia (country)
- Alternative media
- Conservative media
- Georgia (country)–Russia relations
- Nationalist parties in Georgia (country)
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