Through a video published on Facebook (see here), it is alleged that a Serbian witness expresses the wish that Hashim Thaçi be in the place where Adem Jashari and Zahir Pajaziti are.
Through Albanian subtitles and Serbian audio, a person can be heard in the video saying: "I apologize to the jury, but I wish Hashim Thaçi were where Adem Jashari and Zahir Pajaziti are. That would be true justice for the Serbs."
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After verification of the audio conducted by hibrid.info through platforms for detecting content generated with artificial intelligence (AI), as well as tracing the original footage, they show that the video represents a footage from a session of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, to which a fake audio has been added.
The claim that a Serbian witness uttered these words during a hearing in The Hague is not supported by the original footage identified during verification.
Audio analysis through the platform Diopter.ai rated it 100% as generated by artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, the platform DetectDeepFakes.com rated the audio as 98% likely to be generated with AI (see pictures below).
During the investigation, the source of the images shown in the video was also identified. The relevant photo was published on July 12, 2023 by the medium "balkaninsight.com". After identifying the date, a recording of that day's session was requested at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
The verification confirmed that Rrustem Mustafa had testified at the session of July 12, 2023 (see here), and not a Serbian witness uttering the statement presented in the video circulating on Facebook.
So, the video has been overlaid with artificial intelligence-generated audio, creating the false impression that the words presented in the subtitles were spoken by a Serbian witness during a court hearing.
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Through a video circulating on Facebook, it is claimed that a Serbian witness in The Hague has stated that Hashim Thaçi should have been where Adem Jashari and Zahir Pajaziti are.
After verifying the facts, it was confirmed that the audio was generated with artificial intelligence, while the footage was taken from a session on July 12, 2023, in which Rrustem Mustafa testified.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".
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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.