A TikTok account named "paterioti" has published a video featuring Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rama.
Prime Minister Rama is seen in the video with a blackened left eye as he gives a video message.
Hibrid.info has verified the facts and found the authentic video, confirming that in the video in question, the image of Prime Minister Rama, more precisely his face, has been tampered with.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "paterioti" account:
This video, published by the "patriot" account, has so far managed to collect over 600 thousand views. (see photo below)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic video material published on May 8, 2023 on Twitter by the Turkish media "Time Balkan". (see here)
The authentic video features Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama with a video message, in which he gives support to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the presidential elections in Turkey.
Analyze:
The "patrioti" account on TikTok has published a fake video showing Prime Minister Edi Rama with his left eye blackened.
In the video footage, Rama's image has been interfered with, making the Albanian prime minister's left eye appear bruised.
Hibrid.info, in order to prove that the video in question is a deep fake, has found the authentic video in which Prime Minister Rama appears without interference in his image.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this material as "Fraud".