Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video material is published showing Alban Hyseni, the mayor of Gjilan, with a caption claiming that he is the weakest mayor in Kosovo, based on statistics.
it CONTENT was published on Saturday (September 13) on TikTok by an account named "zeriarsyes", accompanied by an audio report of this claim.
What is the truth?
Hibrid.info has found that the claim is not accurate.
Transcript from the audio:
“Statistics of non-governmental organizations and Western embassies are published. The mayor with the worst performance in Kosovo is Alban Hyseni, who leads the municipality of Gjilan.”
Based on the claim from the audio, hibrid.info has researched using the Google search engine for possible publications from non-governmental organizations or embassies regarding the measurement of the performance of mayors (see here).
The search results have shown articles about the report compiled by the non-governmental organization "Gap Institute", entitled "Identity Card of Municipalities", which publishes data on the implementation of the promises of the mayors of municipalities from the electoral program with which they competed and received the mandate (see here).
The "Municipal Identity Card" report did not show a ranking of the mayors of Kosovo municipalities in terms of promises kept.
Hibrid.info has also verified the authenticity of the audio heard in the content. After checking with the “HiveModeration” platform, a tool for handling content that may have been created by Artificial Intelligence (AI), the results showed that the audio is likely (90.3%) to have AI-generated content.
Analyze:
The claim that according to statistics, the mayor of Gjilan, Alban Hyseni, has the poorest performance among the mayors in Kosovo is untrue.
Hibrid.info has found that there is no report supporting this claim and has verified that the audio containing it may have been generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
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.