Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A video material was published claiming that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has made a decision to increase salaries.
"BIG NEWS, Albin Kurti increases salaries in Kosovo", carries the title and caption the video material published on TikTok by the account "sjekacacaniklinese"".
The truth?
After clicking on the video, Kurti appears during a media conference. At this conference, the Prime Minister informed the public about the decision to increase pensions.
So, the title and the content do not match each other.
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Hibrid.info has found the video from the conference held yesterday (October 7) by Kurti and the Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, published on Kurti's official Facebook page. (see here)
At this conference it was announced that starting this month (October), all pensions will increase by 20%. (see here)
Salary increase
In August, the Government of Kosovo decided to increase the minimum wage in the country to 350 euros for workers of all ages. (see here)
Analyze:
It was claimed that Prime Minister Kurti made a decision to increase salaries.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was proven that the claim is false. The video footage shows Kurti, who yesterday (October 7) announced that all pensions will increase by 20% from October.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
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.
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.