Several Facebook social media pages have published an article dated March 9, regarding a government decision, with the caption stating: "The government allocated 2.5 million euros for measure 2.1. This category benefits."
But, after clicking on the link provided in the post, an article with the same title appears, but published on November 1, 2023 by the dubious portal "livenews10.com".
Hibrid.info, after verifying the facts, has confirmed that the claim is unfounded and that this decision is old.
The link to the post made on Facebook by the pages "Live news","Albanian newspaper","Info Shqip24","Albanian News","Weekly Magazine"and "Daily Portal".
During the research, hibrid.info found a post by the Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, made on October 28, 2023 on his official Facebook profile, where he spoke about the Government's decision to allocate 2.5 million euros in support for subsidizing investment loans for local producers. (see here)
One of the last posts on Murat's profile is dated March 2, about electricity subsidies as part of the pilot program to support vulnerable families. (here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages have published an old article regarding the Kosovo Government's decision to allocate 2.5 million euros to subsidize investment loans for local producers.
After verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it was found that this decision is from November and that there is no current post on the official websites of the Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfers, and the Minister of this Ministry, about any new decision regarding this issue.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Clickbait" and "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” are those texts whose title has no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.
"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.