Tbilisi. The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is for the first time carrying out social media monitoring during the 2018 presidential election.

''Increasing role of social media and its impact within the context of elections was clearly illustrated by recent electoral processes in different countries across the globe. ISFED detected the same trend in Georgia and following the 2017 local self-government elections, made determined efforts to conduct methodological monitoring of social media. To monitor social media, a special methodology was designed and special software was developed'', is noted in the statement.

Source: www.isfed.ge