In the ever-evolving social media landscape, the issue of misinformation and manipulation has become increasingly prevalent.
A bad practice that has gained notoriety is the creation of troll farms on the social media platform Facebook. Doubtful portals, falsely presented as legitimate media, engage in a systematic campaign to spread misinformation, manipulate public opinion, and sow discord among users.
Suspicious portals, through posts with misinformative content, or more precisely, content without any informative value, often use such strategies to increase the number of visits to their websites.
During daily monitoring, Hibrid.info has noticed such a phenomenon that is quite widespread on Facebook, where it has identified such a suspicious portal with content in the Albanian language called "livenews10.com", which distributes information on dozens of pages.
What do we know about the suspicious portal "livenews10.com"?
The suspicious portal, named "livenews10.com", does not have an address, contact or imprint and it is not known who is behind it. (here)
In addition to the fact that there is no information about this suspicious portal on the website, hibrid.info has requested information from the Kosovo Business Registration Agency (KBRA), and it has been confirmed that there is no business registered in Kosovo with the name “livenews10.com”. (see here)
Screenshot from the ARBK website
What does this suspicious portal publish?
Hibrid.info has several times dealt with content published by this dubious portal, which was fabricated news and equipped with misleading headlines, which do not provide any informative value. (see here, here, here and here)
Sharing the contents of the suspicious portal “livenews10.com” on Facebook
After research conducted by hibrid.info, 14 different Facebook pages were verified, through which the suspicious portal "livenews10.com" manages to distribute the content it publishes.
The Facebook pages on which the contents of the suspicious portal "livenews10.com" are published are: Live news, Press Portal, Global Magazine, 24 Magazine, Insider, Blog, World News, Weekly Magazine, Albanian News, Gazeta New, 360 Magazine, Stay informed 24/7, Daily Portal and Albanian News.
The page with the most followers that publishes the contents of the suspicious portal is "Live News" with over 75 thousand followers (here). While the page with the fewest followers is the one called "Insajderi" with 13 thousand followers (see here).
The deceptive practices of dubious portals posing as legitimate media outlets pose a serious challenge to the integrity of information on the Internet. Users should remain vigilant, critically evaluating the sources of information they encounter on social media platforms.
Report
If you come across a suspicious page or portal, we invite you to report it on our website hibrid.info through the “Report” section (here), or send us a message on our official Facebook page (here).