The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "xnews7.com" published yesterday (March 18) an article titled "A student disappears, his father publishes photos and calls for his recovery."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the news about the disappearance of a student in Prizren is old, published on March 11.
Hibrid.info has researched through online search engines and has confirmed that the child who was reported missing on March 11th was found that same day.
Link to the article published by the dubious portal "xnews7.com":
The article published by the suspicious portal on March 18th was shared today (March 19th) on Facebook by the page "Gazeta Rich Shqip", which has over 100 thousand followers. (see here)
Hibrid.info has managed to find the article published in real time (March 11) in several online media (here and here), who had reported about the disappearance of the student from Prizren.
The information portal "veriu.info" had reported on the same day (March 11) about the finding of this child. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "xnews7.com" has published (March 18) an old news story regarding the disappearance of a student in Prizren, claiming to present it as a current event.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that in addition to the news being old, the child who went missing on March 11 was found that same day, as reported, in good health.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the article published by "xnews7.com" as "Disinformation".
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.