A video featuring the image of Albanian theologian Elvis Naçi has been published on TikTok.
The image contains the caption claiming that the Nazi has been denied entry to the United States of America (USA).
But hibrid.info has verified the content and confirmed that the published claim is untrue.
Links to the video material published on TikTok by the accounts "lagraqsaqi" and "realiteti_shqiptar_":
https://www.tiktok.com/@lagraqsaqi/video/7305460873286405409
https://www.tiktok.com/@realiteti_shqiptar_/video/7305126813255240966
Hibrid.info has researched using search engines and found that the claim published by the accounts in question represents a status of the opinion leader Bledi Mane and is not news. (see here)
The same article was published as an opinion piece in the online medium "shqiptarja.com". (see here)
Hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of this opinion contains a punctuation mark - a question mark. The publishers of the video material have taken the image from the article published on "shqiptarja.com" and have intervened by removing the punctuation mark, in order for the article to be published as news.
Analyze:
Several TikTok accounts have published video footage claiming that theologian Elvis Naçi has been denied entry to the US.
Hibrid.info has confirmed that the claim in question represents an opinion. The accounts in question have interfered with the image and published the article as news.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Rating:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.