Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
An image shows a booklet with the photo and name of US Vice President Kamala Harris, claiming that she was a member of the communist party of the former Soviet Union (USSR).
This claim was published in Albanian by the website "Patriots of the New World" on Facebook.
The truth?
After researching this photograph, hibrid.info has confirmed that this booklet does not belong to Kamala Harris, and that it was created through a website that allows anyone to create Soviet-era identification cards.
Link to the post published on Facebook by the page "Patriots of the New World":
https://www.facebook.com/100072452020037/videos/2438291476359610
Hibrid.info has researched and found that the same claim, about the Democratic Party candidate for US president, has also circulated in English and has been addressed by the fact-checker, "Snopes.com" (see here).
Hibrid.info has learned that according to the treatment of “Snopes.com”, the image showing Harris’ “membership card” in the communist party of the former USSR was created through a website (stalinanavas.net/kpss/), which allows anyone to create Soviet-era identification cards. (see here)
After researching through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has found that a large number of these booklets have been created through this website, using the names of different people. (see here)
Analyze:
Through an image showing a membership booklet, it is claimed that US Vice President Kamala Harris was a member of the communist party of the former Soviet Union.
After research, hibrid.info has confirmed that this booklet is not authentic and does not belong to Harris. The American fact-checking platform “Snopes.com” has confirmed that this booklet was created through a website that allows anyone to create Soviet-era identification cards.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the claim made by the "Patriots of the New World" page 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.