On June 12, a Facebook account, that indicates that he/she works for the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, published a photo in which the chairwoman of the “United National Movement,” Tina Bokuchava, is depicted in her underwear.
A Photo fabrication is being disseminated to discredit Tina Bokuchava. In the photo, her face is manually attached to another woman’s body.
Looking at the shared photo, it is noticeable that it has been altered. In the process of searching for the authentic photo, it was determined that an almost identical photo had been circulating on the Internet for at least two years and it does not depict Tina Bokuchava.
The Facebook account does not include a description of the mentioned photo; however, it is shared in at least 12 groups, which indicates that the photo was created to discredit Bokuchava.
The woman has visible tattoos on both hands, including an alien head tattoo on her right hand, while Tina Bikuchava has no such tattoos.
Photomanipulations have been used by anonymous Facebook accounts several times in the past to discredit female politicians. Read more in the “Myth Detector” articles:
- WHO DOES THE PHOTO DEPICT? – GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER OR RUSSIAN PORN MODEL?
- PHOTOMANIPULATION AS IF OLENA ZELENSKA IS RELAXING ON A NUDIST BEACH IN ISRAEL
- DISINFORMATION AS IF HACKERS LEAKED A PRIVATE PHOTO OF OLENA ZELENSKA
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