Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A TikTok account has published two POLL on popular support for political entities in Kosovo, ahead of the February 9 parliamentary elections.
Through the description in these two publications, it is claimed that these POLL are American (American Survey).
These two posts were published yesterday (January 26) on TikTok by the account "dedekt1v1".
The truth?
After research conducted online, it was confirmed that both of these surveys are fake and have not been found published in any credible media.
The first poll published by this TikTok account presents the percentages of three political entities in Kosovo (Democratic League of Kosovo 45%, Democratic Party of Kosovo 30% and Self-Determination Movement 25%).
After researching online through Google, with the keywords Democratic League of Kosovo 45%, Democratic Party of Kosovo 30% and Vetevendosje Movement 25%, the results do not show any published survey with this data.
Using the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has found that the graphics used for this survey were taken as a ready-made design on the website. iconscout.com and the acronyms of the aforementioned political parties have been placed on the same. (see photo below)
While the other poll published by this account gives different data (LDK 40%, LVV 33.3%, PDK 13.3%, AAK/NISMA 6.7% and others 6.7%). Regarding this poll, the account “dedekt1v1” claims that the data is updated compared to the previous poll.
Hibrid.info has researched through "Google", with the keywords LDK 40%, LVV 33.3%, PDK 13.3%, AAK/NISMA 6.7% and others 6.7%, but that the results do not show any published survey with this data.
Hibrid.info has verified over 20 fake surveys that have been circulating since August of last year. (see here)
Analyze:
Through two surveys published on TikTok, it is claimed that they were conducted by an American source (American Survey).
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that these two surveys are fake and that they were not found to be published by credible sources. One of these surveys even contains a ready-made graphic design, taken from the website iconscout.com.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses these two pieces of content as "Fake News" and "Fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.
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.