A video material was published yesterday (May 7) on the social media "TikTok", by the account named "juliaalbanesi", with the caption claiming that "Mother Teresa trafficked children". The account in question bases the claim, without facts, on an article by the German newspaper, "Die Welt", published in 2013.
However, after research by Hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the "Die Welt" article on which this post by "juliaalbanesi" was based does not have the same content, so the claim of child trafficking by Mother Teresa was not raised.
In fact, in the article titled "Die dunkle Seite von Mutter Teresa", or in Albanian "The Dark Side of Mother Teresa", published by the German newspaper, "Die Welt", doubts are cast on another issue, the "sanctity" of Mother Teresa, based on the Vatican's criteria.
Link to the video material published on "TikTok" by the "juliaalbanesi" account:
https://www.tiktok.com/@juliaalbanesi/video/7230192584566656283
This video material, published yesterday (May 7), has so far accumulated over 260 thousand views. (see photo below)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found the article published in the German newspaper "Die Welt". (see here)
The claim of child trafficking by Mother Teresa has circulated before, a claim that has been debunked by fact-checkers “politifact.com” and “reuters.com.” (see here and here)
Analyze:
The TikTok account named "juliaalbanesi" has published a video that tells about an article in the German newspaper, "Die Welt", about Mother Teresa.
However, the content falsely claims that, in the article by the German newspaper, "Die Welt", Mother Teresa is accused of child trafficking.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.