The suspicious portal with content in the Albanian language "viraln23.com" published yesterday (March 14) an article titled "Major police action - over 100 people arrested. The police action is continuing...".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the article in question is old, published in November 2022 and concerns the arrest of several immigrants in Horgosh in northern Serbia.
This dubious portal has tried to present this old article as current.
Link to the article published on the suspicious portal "viraln23.com":
After researching social media, hibrid.info found this article published today (March 15) on Facebook by the page "Specialja", which has nearly 90 thousand followers. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found the article published in real time (November 25, 2022) in several online media in the Serbian language. (see here and here)
Analyze:
By verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "viraln23.com" has published an old article from November 2022, which it has tried to present as current.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.