Disinformation and unverified content have dominated the information ecosystem over the past week.
Disinformation regarding the murder of Noizy, as well as disinformation from Serbian-language media claiming that the host of the interview with Gabriel Escobar and Miroslav Lajcak conducted by Atlantic Council TV called Serbs a "fascist formation."
Unverified content regarding the claim that Pristina had prepared massive and brutal arrests of Serbs on Vidovdan Day in Gazimestan; and about a telephone conversation between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier.
Clikcbait recycled news article claiming to be current.
Error regarding data on the earthquake that occurred in Albania.
Fraud from Facebook accounts for granting loans worth hundreds and thousands of euros.
Clickbait
The dubious portal with content in Albanian “promakale.com” has published an article titled “FORMER ITALIAN MILITARY: VUÇIQ WAS WARNED EVENING THAT IF HE ATTACKS KOSOVO, NATO WARFARE AIRCRAFT WILL REACT WITHIN A FEW HOURS”. After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this news is old. So, the dubious portal has published it with the claim of presenting it as current. (here)
error
The Albanian language media “insajderi.org” and “ekonomiaonline.com” have an article titled “Earthquakes in Albania. Based on the fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the Albanian language media “insajderi.org” and “ekonomiaonline.com” have published an article about an earthquake that occurred in Albania, using data from an earthquake that occurred last year. (here)
Unverified content
Several Serbian-language media outlets have published an article with content that raises the unfounded claim that, as it is said, “Pristina had prepared massive and brutal arrests of Serbs on Vidovdan day in Gazimestan”. The claim is based on the phrase “as Novosti learns”, where according to them, on the orders of the regime in Pristina, the Kosovo Police planned to torture visitors to Vidovdan in Gazimestan, where cameras were installed. Apart from the phrase “as Novosti learns”, which implies that this media outlet is the source of the information, although unspecified, no other credible facts or photographs are provided for the claim made. (here)
An audio material has been published that claims to represent a telephone conversation between the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier. The authenticity of this content was disputed by the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo. This material, which initially began to be published on the social media “Telegram” and is now circulating on other social and online media, is claimed to represent the content of a conversation between Kurti and Hovenier regarding the latest developments in northern Kosovo. It can be seen that this material is also illustrated with photographs of the two characters having the alleged conversation. The published audio material does not in itself justify the claim that the conversation in the content is authentic, that is, that it is a conversation between Kurti and Hovenier. (here)
The Albanian language media outlet “Paparaci.com” has published an article titled “'They promised equality' – Mihali, Murati and Muja paid five euros for a coffee”. According to this article, Dejona Mihali, Hekuran Murati and Armend Muja, officials of the Vetëvendosje Movement, were seen in each other's company consuming coffee worth 5 euros. However, the content does not show evidence of the value and what was consumed by the aforementioned. Also, the claim that coffee worth 5 euros was consumed was denied by representatives of this hotel itself. (here)
disinformation
The suspicious portal with content in the Albanian language “pershendetje24.info” has published an article titled “Videos Published: Noizy Killed with a Bullet in the Head (VIDEO)”. After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the content of this article contains a video material from the “Youtube” platform, published in 2017, in which the Albanian rap artist “Noizy” appears with blood on his head. However, the description of this video states that this is just a film scene, in which the aforementioned artist was also the protagonist. (here)
The Serbian language media outlet “In4s” and the Serbian service “Sputnik” have published an article claiming that the host of the interview with Gabriel Escobar and Miroslav Lajcak conducted by Atlantic Council TV called Serbs a “fascist formation”. After verifying the video of the conversation, the facts show that the journalist did not call Serbs a “fascist formation”, but rather formulated the question in such a way that it referred to the words of the Prime Minister of Kosovo. (here)
Lies
Several pages have been opened on the social media Facebook claiming to provide various loans, up to hundreds and thousands of euros. After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was noticed that in the information section about the activity (about) on these pages “Personal Loan”, “Personal Loan – Online” and “Business Loan” there is not sufficient data that proves credibility or reliability and transparency. (here)