Mass protests in Georgia following the government’s reintroduction of a Russia-style “foreign influence” bill are making global headlines. A similar bill introduced last year had proposed requiring organizations to register as “foreign agents,” echoing Russian legislation that has forced the closure of independent news outlets and civil society groups. The new bill’s language has been changed to target entities working as “agents of foreign influence” rather than those acting as “foreign agents.” Like many others working in Georgia’s civil society sector, I believe this change is mere propagan…