- summary
- Broadcasting Law amendments adopted April 1, 2025 as part of triple legislative package — 80 MPs, zero dissenting votes. Law prohibits broadcasters from receiving direct or indirect foreign funding (exception: commercial advertising, sponsorship, product placement). National Communications Commission empowered to intervene in editorial policy and revoke licenses of non-compliant broadcasters. Most direct financial restriction on independent media in the Georgia database. UK sanctions two Georgian judges day after adoption.
- country
- Georgia
- date text
- 01/04/2025
- entities
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM); National Communications Commission (enforcement)
- entity type
- Government Official
- id
- 799
- name
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM); National Communications Commission (enforcement)
- role
- actor
- All independent broadcasters receiving foreign funding
- entity type
- Media
- id
- 800
- name
- All independent broadcasters receiving foreign funding
- role
- target
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM); National Communications Commission (enforcement)
- sources
- citation
- CSOMeter April 9 2025; Civil.ge April 2025
- tactics
- State-Directed Media Ownership Capture
- label
- State-Directed Media Ownership Capture
- code
- TC-38
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Legislative Operationalization
- label
- Legislative Operationalization
- code
- TC-18
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- State-Directed Media Ownership Capture
- narratives
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- campaign ids
- campaign phase
- Phase 5: Systemic Assault
- channels
- Official/Regulatory
- consequence category
- Legal/Administrative
- created at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- date precision
- day
- escalation
- 5
- harm track
- Track 1 — Legal/Administrative
- id
- GEO-017
- institutional consequence
- Broadcasting foreign funding banned; National Communications Commission empowered to intervene in editorial policy and revoke licenses
- notes
- Part of triple legislative package (see GEO-007 FARA, GEO-018 CSO participation removal). Broadcasting Law foreign funding ban is the most direct financial restriction on independent media in the database. NCC editorial intervention power creates structural editorial capture without ownership transfer.
- occurred on
- 2025-04-01
- trigger type
- TR-06: Legislative Milestone
- updated at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- version
- 1
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