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Tbilisis Forumi

Field	Value
name	Tbilisis Forumi
url
commercial	Yes (ads)
type	Internet forum
registration	free
language	Georgian
num_users	121710 (8 August 2014)
programming_language	PHP
owner	Temur Khaindrava
author	Temur Khaindrava
launch_date
current_status	active

Tbilisis Forumi (თბილისის ფორუმი, "Tbilisi's forum") is the largest and one of the oldest Georgian general-purpose internet forums. It was launched in 2001 by Temur Khaindrava (known by his forum nickname as Tim). In 2004, the administration changed the engine from vBulletin into IPB; At that time the website was visited about 50-100 users each day. In 2007 Tbilisis Forumi became the most popular internet-forum in Georgia, having nearly thousand registered users logged in every day. As of 4 May 2018, the website claims to have 158,220 users and 49,640,102 posts. There are some users of social prominence. Some members were involved in social activities.

Incidents

In April 2016, a court in Tbilisi placed Sulkhan Tsuladze, under the name SPLIYVI (Georgian for "baby elephant"), in pre-trial detention for a month after he described a fictional attack on the United States Ambassador to Georgia in a post on the forum, which was claimed by the prosecution to have been a threat of an attack on a person enjoying international protection. Human rights organizations criticized the detention as unjustified, arguing that the post was intended as a joke. He was released on bail in May 2016.

Censorship

The forum website was briefly shutdown during the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War. In the following weeks, internet users alleged restrictions on the discussion of political issues on the forum after its administration posted a statement urging the users "to refrain from posts... that would be inappropriate for the state's interests".

The website, owing to its political sub-forum, is blacklisted and banned by the Russian government.

References

(12 August 2015). "Georgia profile – Media".
(20 March 2011). "როგორ იქნმნებოდა თბილისის ფორუმი?".
[http://www.palitratv.ge/gadacemebi/qstumrad-marika-darchiasthanq/43662-qstumrad-marika-darchiasthanq-themur-khaindrava.html Interview with Temur Khaindrava]
"Freedom on the Net 2016: Georgia". Freedom House.
(6 September 2008). "Censorship Allegations on Online Forum". Civil Georgia.
"Registry of Banned Sites [Реестр запрещенных сайтов]".

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