Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A TikTok account named "kadrikingkrasniqi" published (April 15) an image featuring former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi.
The photo was taken from the portal "indeksonline.net" and bears the caption claiming that former President Thaçi is in Kosovo.
But, after verifying the facts, it was found that the news about Thaçi's arrival in Kosovo is old, while there is no official confirmation that the latter was in Kosovo at the time the image was published by the account in question.
Link to the video material published by the "kadrikingkrasniqi" account on TikTok:
The published material has received over 11 thousand views by the time of treatment. (see photo below)
Hibrid.info has researched through search engines and found that the image taken from "indeksonline" was published on this portal's website on May 29, 2023 (see here).
Also, in the latest announcements published by the website of the Specialist Chambers and the Office of the Special Prosecutor in The Hague, where former president Hashim Thaçi is being held in custody, there is no confirmation of his arrival in Kosovo. (see here)
The last time Thaçi was allowed to come to Kosovo was on September 2 of last year, for compelling humanitarian reasons, as stated in the announcement of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (see here).
While using the search engine "Google", the latest articles with information about Thaçi, published in the last two days, are those related to the visit of the Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs to The Hague (here) and the decision to extend the detention of the former president in The Hague (here).
Analyze:
The claim about former President Hashim Thaçi's arrival in Kosovo is not true.
The image published with the caption announcing his arrival is an old publication.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.