Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
On May 3, a post was published claiming that Italy was hit by a powerful earthquake.
The claim was made by a Facebook page with Albanian language content called "Live News".
ÇWhat was found after fact-checking by hibrid.info regarding this claim?
The news about the earthquake in Italy is old, having been published in the media on April 27th.
So, the "Live News" website has published an old news item that it falsely presented as current.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Live News" page:
This page, in the comments section of this post, also provided a link to the dubious portal "livenews10.com", which contains an article about the earthquake in Italy, published on May 2. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the article published in real time (April 27) in several online media in the Albanian language. (see here and here)
The reason why hibrid.info has decided to address this content is that it has managed to gather dozens of comments and reactions. (see here)
Analyze:
It was claimed through a post made on May 3 on Facebook that Italy was hit by a powerful earthquake.
After verifying the facts, it was determined that the news is old and that it was falsely presented as current.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post 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.