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by infamia 770 days ago
The new law (among other things) applies to commercial entities with a website in the Georgian language and their own domain name.

> and legal entities that own or use, jointly or with others, an internet domain and/or internet hosting intended for the dissemination of information through the internet in the Georgian language, must register in public registry as "agents of foreign influence" and be subjected to the monitoring of the Ministry of Justice, if they receive more than 20% of their annual income from "a foreign power".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Georgian_pro...

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Peculiar how that Wikipedia article omits a crucial word in its condensed summary. I'm sure this is an honest error, since nobody would ever use Wikipedia to try to push their own agenda.

Anyways, lets look at the law text. This is from paragraph D of article 2 of the law:

> ისეთი იურიდიული პირი, რომელიც ერთპიროვნულად ან სხვასთან ერთად ფლობს ან/და იყენებს მასობრივი ინფორმაციის საქართველოს სახელმწიფო ენაზე გამავრცელებელი ინტერნეტსაშუალებისთვის განკუთვნილ ინტერნეტდომენს ან/და ინტერნეტჰოსტინგს და ...

Crucially, as in paragraph C which refers to legacy media, this explicitly says მასობრივი ინფორმაციის which is mass information. This is referring to things like news websites, not any company website.

Oh, and happy Victory Day!