Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been published claiming that Albin Kurti, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, met with the diaspora in Switzerland, causing a traffic jam there.
it CONTENT was published on Facebook by the portal "lecanton27.ch", which calls itself the first Albanian newspaper in Switzerland.
How does the truth stand?
The photograph used to present the claim of traffic blockages following Prime Minister Kurti's visit to Switzerland is old.
Hibrid.info has researched through the automated search program, “InVID”, and has found an article published in 2014, by “swissinfo.ch” Swiss-based media outlet, to which the above traffic photo is attached.
See the photo below:
Analyze:
The claim that traffic was blocked in Switzerland after Prime Minister Albin Kurti's visit to Switzerland is incorrect.
The photo used to make the claim is from 2014.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses it 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.