Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Suspicious portals that distribute articles on multiple Facebook pages are like an unknown labyrinth on this social medium.
In this environment, information is mixed, where truth and misinformation are difficult to separate. When you browse Facebook pages, you're not sure what your eye will find.
Hibrid.info, during daily monitoring, has come across a suspicious portal "belmouth.com", which publishes articles with content in Albanian and distributes information on dozens of pages.
What is known about the suspicious portal "belmouth.com"?
The suspicious portal “blemouth.com” does not have an address, contact or imprint and it is not known who is behind it. (see here)
Hibrid.info has searched the Kosovo Business Registration Agency (KBRA) with this name and it has been confirmed that there is no business registered with the name "belmouth.com". (see photo below)
Screenshot from the ARBK website
What does this suspicious portal publish?
Hibrid.info has several times dealt with content published by this dubious portal, which was fabricated news and equipped with misleading headlines, which have no informative value. (see here, here, here and here)
Where does this dubious portal publish its contents?
Hibrid.info has managed to find 15 different pages on Facebook, through which this dubious portal manages to distribute the content it publishes.
The Facebook pages on which the contents of the suspicious portal "belmouth.com" are published are: Breaking News, News244 newspaper, Correct Newspaper, Ilirida – News, Daily Portal, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Daily News, Media.al, OPENING HOURS, Albanian Message, Press Release, Voice Portal, Aurora Portal, Weekly News and News Info.
Hibrid.info has previously found another suspicious portal, which distributes its articles on 14 Facebook pages. (see here)
What should we keep in mind?
When navigating Facebook, we must be careful not to lose our awareness between suspicious portals and registered (credible) ones.
It is important to cultivate healthy criticism and be careful with the sources of information we consume. In this way, we may be able to avoid the maze of misinformation and focus on reliable sources to understand the world more clearly.
Report
If you come across a suspicious page or portal, we invite you to report it on our website hibrid.info through the “Report” section (here), or send us a message on our official Facebook page (here).