Several Facebook pages published yesterday (January 26) the article titled "KSF vehicles seen on the streets of Ferizaj, says the Ministry of Defense", taken from the dubious portal "gazetaylli.com".
Hibrid.info has verified the facts presented in this article, where it has been confirmed that the news is old, published in November 2022.
In addition to the fact that this news is old, the article published by the aforementioned sites also contains inadequate photographs, meaning that they do not correspond to the content.
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published in real time on November 7 (2022) by the "GazetaExpress.com" portal.
The content of this article contains news from the time when several armored KSF vehicles were seen moving in the village of Dardani in Ferizaj, but the military advisor to the Minister of Defense, Armend Mehaj, Hamdi Pollomi, in a response to Gazeta Express, stated that there was nothing extraordinary.
So, this old news has been tried to be presented as current by being published on Facebook by the pages "Feja Ime", "Exclusive Albania Today" and "Shqipet". (see here, here and here)
You can find the authentic article published in real time (November 7, 2022) from the "GazetaExpress.com" portal here.
The image used in this article does not show Kosovo Security Force (KSF) vehicles, but a vehicle of the Kosovo Police Special Unit, as well as a member of it.
After verifying the facts through the automated online fact-checking program “InVID”, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic photograph published by the “Reporteri.net” portal, which belongs to the article dated September 20, 2021, about the news when the Kosovo Police Special Unit was at the border points in the north to monitor the situation, as from that day the circulation of vehicles with KS license plates was not allowed. (see here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages have published an old article (November 2022) regarding several KSF vehicles, which were seen circulating on the streets of Ferizaj.
These pages have tried to present this old article as current, posting it yesterday, January 26th.
Also, although it is about KSF vehicles, the photograph used does not show KSF vehicles, but a vehicle of the Kosovo Police Special Unit, as well as a member of it, and this image belongs to a different event.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article published by these sites as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.