The TikTok account "lumjanana009" has published two photos today showing the figure of Russian President Vladimir Putin being arrested by police and the military.
One of the photos is captioned "RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRESTED."
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that these photographs are comics that were published on the online platform 9gag.com.
Link to the post published on TikTok by the account "lumjanana009":
https://www.tiktok.com/@lumjanana009/video/7215494484467993883
After researching through the automated online program "InVID", hibrid.info has observed that these images were published on the online platform for comic videos and photos 9gag.com (here) by a user named Jonathan Ruiz (see here). In the description made on this account it says "My Funny Collection" which in Albanian translates to "My funny collection".
While in the description of these photos showing Putin's "arrest", this user wrote "Sooner or later, dictators like Putin go to jail or commit suicide", which in Albanian means "Sooner or later, dictators like Putin go to jail or commit suicide". (see here)
Analyze:
The TikTok account "lumjanana009" has attempted to pass off comical photos depicting the "arrest" of Vladimir Putin as benign. The account has also falsely claimed that "Russian President Vladimir Putin has been arrested."
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this publication on TikTok as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.