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Since 2013, one of the main priorities for FactCheck has been contributing to increasing the accountability of politicians and the verification of facts in their statements. FactCheck understands that there is no guarantee from making mistakes in some cases. Therefore, FactCheck offers authors of verified statements (or any other stakeholders for that matter) to submit their remarks and arguments if they disagree with the content and the verdict. Our team analyses feedback and will promptly update or correct the content and the verdict if required by evidence and argument.

Update – If important information is added to the article/study which was not discernible previously in a study, although it does not change the verdict, we will update the article.

Correction – If information is added to the article which changes the verdict, we will correct the article.

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Corrections made in 2022

• Ioseb Khakhaleishvili: “Reconstruction of the aforementioned sights [Kutaisi Hundred-Steps Stairs and the Colchis Fountain] will begin very shortly.” https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/41094


• A quote from Oleksiy Arestovych is shared with distorted context  - https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/40853


• Salome Zurabishvili: “A pardon is available when the trial is over” https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/41425

Corrections made in 2023

• Irakli Kobakhidze: Giorgi Vashadze rents his apartment to a Russian resident - https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/42156


• Disinformation: Olena Zelenska spent more than a million dollars in a Cartier store - https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/42271


• [Updated] Disinformation: Israeli publication does not confirm the information that Hamas locked children kidnapped from Israel in cages - https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/42272 

Corrections made in 2024

• [Updated] A parody of the "Last Supper" was allegedly shown at the opening of the Paris Olympics, according to social media posts – https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/43098

• [Updated] A deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelenskyy is circulating on social media – https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/42484

• Giorgi Vashadze VS Dimitri Khundadze – https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/42656

• Lithuania was calling for sanctions against Russia, but sold more wine to Russia than Georgia – https://factcheck.ge/ka/story/43320-lietuva-rusetistvis-sanqtsiebis-datsesebas-gvtkhovda-da-tavad-rusetshi-saqartveloze-meti-ghvino-gayida