About us
Established in April 2008 by a group of professional journalists, the Media Development Foundation, MDF, is a non-governmental, non-entrepreneurial (non commercial) organization aiming to promote:
MDF launched its fact-checking and myth debunking platform - Myth Detector – in 2014, to uncover truth behind the lies, explore hidden agendas, raise the level of media literacy and inform both people and institutions of Georgia about the impacts of disinformation.
Since November 2019, Myth Detector is a verified signature of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) of the Poynter Institute, working alongside with 100 fact-checkers from more than 70 countries around the world and member of #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance and WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub.
In September 2020, Myth Detector partnered up with Facebook to fight against misinformation in the framework of Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program. Myth Detector reviews and rats the accuracy of content aiming to improve the quality and authenticity of stories in the News Feed. When rated false, Facebook shows the story lower in News Feed, significantly reducing its distribution and warning people who see the post or try to share the post that it has been marked as false. Facebook pays Myth Detector to perform this service for them but it has no say or influence over what Myth Detector fact-checks or what the conclusions are, nor does it want to.
Since 2016, MDF is cooperating with EUvsDisinfo - the flagship project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force and is a member of the Open Information Partnership (OIP) bringing together think tanks, fact-checkers, independent media and grassroots organisations to support efforts to counter hostile information influence operations.
![]() Tamar Kintsurashvili, Executive Director
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![]() Tamar Khorbaladze, Chair of the Board
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![]() Ketevan Mskhiladze, Board Member Director, Gender Program
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![]() Tamar Shamili, Board Member
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![]() Giga Zedania, Board Member, Ilia State University
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![]() Beka Mindiashvili, Board Member, Tolerance Center of the Public Defender's Office
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![]() Levan Giorgadze, Board Member
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![]() Tamar Kintsurashvili, Executive Director |
![]() Tamar Khorbaladze, Chairperson of the Board |
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![]() Mariam Pataridze, Lawyer |
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![]() Khatia Lomidze, Media Researcher |
![]() Tamar Gagniashvili, Media Researcher |
![]() Tinatin Gogoladze, Media Monitoring Group Director |
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![]() Communications and Social Media Manager |
![]() Zviad Mzhavanadze, Regional Coordinator |
![]() Mariam Tsutskiridze, Media Researcher |
![]() Sopo Gogadze, Media Researcher |
![]() Nutsa Zhghenti,Coordinator |
![]() Besik Danelia, Designer |
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Open & Honest Corrections Policy
Employees should correct a mistake immediately once they learn about it. Correction is done clearly and transparently in line with the corrections policy, seeking so far as possible to ensure that readers see the corrected version.