Facebook page “Universal" published a video on September 17 with the description: "Here's what kind of witness he had in the Special Court."
The video shows footage of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi in the Special Court premises. Meanwhile, the audio includes a voice in Serbian, allegedly a witness speaking against Thaçi and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
Audio translation into Albanian:
"They brought me a ram and told me to blow on its butt and straighten its ribs. This happened in Llapushnik/Llapushnik, because when the KLA stopped me, they accused me of accusing Zahir Pajaziti in the media outlet 'Nasa Borba'. When I blew on its butt three times, the KLA soldiers laughed. I want Thaçi's punishment as the leader of the KLA and I want justice for the Serbian people."
What's wrong with this content?
The claim that the audio represents the testimony of a person against Hashim Thaçi and the KLA is unfounded. Hibrid.info has not found any evidence, media reporting or other credible source documenting such a statement.
Also, verification through artificial intelligence (AI) generated content detection tools shows that the audio used in the video was created with AI.
FACTS
Initially, Hibrid.info has verified the footage shown in the video. The research shows that the footage does not depict the person heard in the audio giving the alleged testimony.
The footage was taken from a session at the Special Court during which Ismet Tara, known as Commander Hoxha, was testifying in the "Thaci and Others" case (see video). here).
Hibrid.info has further searched for the alleged statement in the audio, using parts of it as Google search terms. The search has not yielded results that prove that this statement has been previously published by the media or credible sources (see here).
Hibrid.info has also verified the Serbian language audio used in this material, through platforms that analyze whether content was created with artificial intelligence.
Analysis on the platform "Hive Moderation" has rated the audio with a 74% probability of being generated with artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, analysis through the platform "VigilAI" has rated the audio with a 92% probability of being generated with artificial intelligence.
Based on this data, the audio used in the video cannot be considered authentic testimony of a witness in the Special Court. Real footage of a court session has been combined with audio created with artificial intelligence, creating the impression that the statement heard was made during the trial.
Analyze
The video published on Facebook presents real footage from the Special Court, but the audio overlaid on them is generated with artificial intelligence.
This content creates the impression that a witness in Serbian is confessing to his mistreatment by the KLA and is demanding the punishment of Hashim Thaçi, but such testimony has not been found in credible sources.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".
rationale
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.