Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been published with the caption claiming that the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has sent the Kosovo Government's latest decision to allocate 100 euros to children and pensioners in Kosovo to the Constitutional Court.
content was published yesterday (December 22) on TikTok by an account named "toke.ilirodardane".
Does this claim hold true?
Hibrid.info has found that so far LDK has not sent the decision in question to the relevant institution for review.
The image shown shows the title of an article published in the online medium "telegrafi.com". Hibrid.info has checked in page of this portal, but did not find the article in question.
Hibrid.info has found an article on the page of this medium, whose title begins with the sentence "LDK also sends it to the Constitutional Court", but the text in question provides news about the Law on the Independent Oversight Council for the Kosovo Civil Service, a law that was appealed by this second opposition entity.
Which means that this image may have been manipulated, so that it appears in the form as presented in the treated content.
Hibrid.info also researched through the search engine, "Google", for the same claim, but results have not shown any articles confirming the claim addressed.
Analyze:
The claim that the LDK has sent the Kosovo Government's latest decision on the allocation of 100 euros for children and pensioners in Kosovo to the Constitutional Court is incorrect.
This claim has been made through a manipulated image, presented as an article published by "telegrafi.com".
Also, there is no credible source confirming the claim.
Therefore, based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim as "Fraud" and "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.