Several dubious portals with content in Albanian such as "Zyrtare.press" and "web.trendliveg24.com" have published the article titled "Good news: The government increases social security, here's how much you'll get now!".
After fact-checking conducted by Hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this article is old and relates to news from October 2021, when the Government of Kosovo had made the decision to double the payment for beneficiaries of the social assistance scheme for November and December of the same year.
So, the news is old and these portals have aimed to present it as current, in order to attract as many clicks as possible.
Links to the article published on these dubious portals:
This article was also shared on Facebook by the pages "Info sot" and "Qeshu ti". (see here and here)
After research conducted through search engines, Hibrid.info has found the original article published in real time (October 27, 2021) by the portal "Indeksonline.net", which has also been cited by suspicious portals. (see here)
Analyze:
Several dubious portals with content in Albanian have published an old article from October 2021 regarding the Kosovo Government's decision to double the payment for beneficiaries of the social assistance scheme for the period November-December 2021.
While the title of this article has been intentionally changed, with the claim of presenting it as current.
After fact-checking analysis conducted by Hibrid.info, this article is rated 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.