The Albanian-language Facebook page "The Reis" has published an image showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lying in a hospital bed.
This page has captioned this image "Have surgery…..butcher".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the image is not real and that it was generated with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Link to the post published on Facebook by the page "The Reis":
After verification carried out by hibrid.info through the application "isitai.com"It turns out that the image was generated with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Upon closer inspection of the image, graphic distortions are also noticeable. A split in the image is visible on the left side, and the Israeli prime minister's skin tone is very shiny or shimmery. (see photo below)
In a post made by the website "The Reis", a commenter asked "how true is it", while the website itself responded with the claim that the content is real (100%). (see photo below)
Analyze:
After analyzing the image published by a Facebook page, through applications that identify content generated with artificial intelligence, it turns out that the photo was generated with AI.
Also, the Facebook page that published this content falsely claims that the image is 100% real.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this image as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.