Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
On social media Facebook, the page “Eastern Kosovo"(archive) has published an image showing Albanian MP in the Serbian Parliament, Shaip Kamberi, shaking hands with the President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump.
What's wrong with this image?
After verification through the image detection platform "HiveModeration.com", it turns out that this image is not real, but according to a 99.8% estimate, it was generated with artificial intelligence (AI).
Why is this content being treated?
In the description on the publishing page of this content, it is written that their publications are fictional actions, so they are not real and are used for entertainment (see here).
However, the content has, as of this writing, garnered thousands of reactions and hundreds of comments. Most commentators have taken this content as real. (see here)
Kamberi is currently in the US, where he has announced through his official Facebook account about the meetings he has held there. However, in none of them has he announced a meeting with the American president. (see here, here, here and here)
Analyze:
The Facebook page "Eastern Kosovo" has published an image showing MP Shaip Kamberi shaking hands with US President Donald Trump.
After fact-checking, it turns out that the image is generated with artificial intelligence with a probability of 99.8%. Although the content has received thousands of reactions and many users have taken it as real, there is no official confirmation of such a meeting.
Although Kamberi is currently in the US and has announced various meetings, he has not announced any meeting with the American president.
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.