Wrote: Sefer Zogaj
"The Kurti government is stealing a lot, the citizen is throwing eggs at Kurti," reads the inscription. video published on TikTok from the account "news"on November 20th."
The video shows Albin Kurti being pelted with eggs by a citizen.
The truth?
Because of the words "Kurti Government", the description implies that the attack on Kurti occurred while he was prime minister.
However, from hibrid.info's research, it turns out that this event It happened on February 23, 2018, while Albin Kurti was in opposition, as the leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement (2017 election results). The Prime Minister at that time was Ramush Haradinaj (see here).
Kurti has been Prime Minister since March 22, 2021, after winning the elections on February 14 of that year. He was also Prime Minister from February 3, 2020 to June 3 of that year (details).
In the internet search "Albin Kurti is attacked", in "Google", videos and articles are presented reporting on the citizen's shooting of Albin Kurti in February 2018 (one of them).
The video published by the account "newsilir" has been viewed more than 134 thousand times, as of the time of its review by hibrid.info. It has accumulated over 2400 likes and has almost 600 comments.
Analyze:
The account named "newsilir" on TikTok, published a video on November 20, 2024, in which a citizen is seen attacking Albin Kurti with eggs.
Due to the description "The Kurti government is stealing a lot, the citizen is throwing eggs at Kurti" it is implied that the event took place while Kurti was prime minister.
However, after verifying the facts, hibrid.info found that the incident occurred in February 2018, when Kurti was a deputy in the ranks of the opposition Vetëvendosje party.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article 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.
This article was prepared as part of the project 'Countering Disinformation through Innovation and Experimental Learning', supported by the Embassy of the United States of America in Pristina. The article has been verified by the Hibrid.info team and experts engaged to ensure compliance with our fact-checking methodology. This article contains factual verifications, but does not necessarily reflect the views of Hibrid.info or the US Embassy.