I'm not sure which organizations the law is really aimed at, but it seems like it would mean that anyone in Georgia who wants to get involved with some international NGO — Amnesty International, Extinction Rebellion, Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, FSF Europe, or whatever — would be required to register as an agent of foreign influence.
A large threat to any sovereign nation is having a captured media by an unfriendly actor.
Exactly. It’s a fight between Pro-Russian and Pro-Western forces over media access. The Pro-Russian forces want to shove down the Pro-Western media and vice-versa. Which side you see as “unfriendly” depends on which side you personally are on.
I wouldn’t use “Pro US” here. We’re discussing Georgia and the E.U. is heavily involved so I think “Pro Western” is more accurate.
Regardless of that I don’t know that a list is necessary, the tilt involved in media is normally pretty apparent. Additionally while I can’t read the law myself I’m going to guess that there’s more to this law than simple list making. I’ll have to see if I can find an English or German translation in order find out.
Edit: As I suspected there’s a lot more to it than list making. I can’t read Georgian but if the ICNL is too be believed this legislation has a whole host of problems.
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