Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been found published, showing footage of a protest, where the protesters' banner shows the portrait of former president Hashim Thaçi, with the inscription "Whoever is against the court is against Kosovo.".
This photo was posted on TikTok on January 6th by the account named "albinkurti.official".
What's wrong with the photo?
The caption on the banner in the featured photo is manipulated.
Link to the image published on TikTok by the account named "albinkurti.official":
After checking with the automated search program “InVid”, hibrid.info found that the image was taken from a protest on December 24, 2022 in Kosovo, organized by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), against the conviction of Sali Mustafa by the Special Court (see here)
Hibrid.info has verified the footage and found that the slogan accompanying the protest was "Not in my name."
Hibrid.info has not found the original image, but based on the people seen holding the banner, other photographs from this protest have been found that prove that the banner they were holding displayed the protest slogan, "Not in my name." (see here)
Which means that the author of the publication has interfered with the visual aspect of the authentic photograph. (see photo below)
Screenshot from the video material published on the TopChannel television channel on Youtube
Comparison of photos showing some of the same people at the protest
Analyze:
The photo showing the protest where protesters hold a banner with the portrait of former president Hashim Thaçi and the inscription "Whoever is against the court is against Kosovo" is manipulated.
The authentic image shows that the protesters were actually holding signs reading, "Not in my name."
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
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.