Wrote: Festim Rizanaj
On November 23 and 24, two Facebook pages published videos showing a person with a microphone asking expatriate citizens if they would come and vote on December 28 in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo.
In the videos, some citizens were seen declaring that they would vote for Albin Kurti.
However, after verification by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that these videos were generated with artificial intelligence and do not reflect the real situation.
What does the video say?
In the videos published by "Peja LIVE”And“Watch Magazine", a moderator appears asking two citizens, pretending to be at Pristina Airport, the question: "Will you come to vote in Kosovo on December 28?"
in the published video from "Peja LIVE", one of the interviewees declares: "Yes, I will definitely come, I will vote for the best person who has worked in this country. This country would not have developed without him, Albin Kurti, the only one who deserves the vote of the diaspora."
As of the time of writing this article, this video has reached 3.7 thousand views, 486 comments, and 267 shares.
WHEREAS in the video published by "Ora Magazine", the interviewee states: "Yes, it's normal that we will come with the whole family to vote for Albin Baba, for the best. He is a wise man who should be the prime minister of Kosovo. Inshallah he will receive 600 thousand votes and we will start the year 2026 well."
As of the time of writing and publishing this article, this video has reached 6,900 views, 1,600 comments, and 347 shares.
After analyzing the video with specialized platforms for verifying content generated with artificial intelligence, it turned out that the video published by "Peja LIVE" received a rating of 99.9% from Hive Moderation and deepware.ai, which indicates that its content was generated by AI or deepfake.
Even the video published by "Revista Ora" turns out to have been generated with artificial intelligence, based on the platform's analysis. Hive Moderation, where it received a rating of 95%.
Also, certain distortions have been observed in the video, which are a result of artificial intelligence generation, especially in areas where text appears.
Analyze:
In the videos published by "Peja LIVE" and "Revista Ora", the claim was that citizens in exile were expressing support for Albin Kurti and saying that they would vote for him on December 28 in the early elections in Kosovo.
The facts show that these videos were generated with artificial intelligence and contain characteristic deepfake distortions. This shows that the statements displayed do not reflect the real situation and are false.
Based on the methodology, hibrid.info considers these videos to be "fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.