Wrote: Festim Rizanaj
A Facebook page called "Tana t'zezat" and with over 40 followers, has recently published three videos (on Thursday and Friday) with electoral content, featuring people who are supposedly immigrants, speaking against Albin Kurti and warning that they will not vote for him again.
These videos, two of which show citizens being interviewed in front of Pristina International Airport, aim to portray a deep disillusionment of the diaspora with the current government.
Deep content analysis shows that these videos were generated with artificial intelligence.
What do these videos contain?
The three videos published on the "Tana t'zezat" page with 40 followers, which are suspected of being manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) and were published on Thursday and Friday, contain electoral statements about Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
All the interviews feature people who initially trusted Kurti, but now express deep disappointment, being interviewed in front of Pristina Airport.
Video released on December 4th shows an elderly man, wearing a leather jacket and scarf, being interviewed at Pristina Airport by Klan Kosova, expressing his political stance with deep irony. He declares that he and his entire family would come to Kosovo not to support Kurti, but to vote against him, accusing him of being a collaborator of Serbia. His exact statement, said with a smile, was: “No, I will never vote for Albin Kurti. He is the head of Serbia, and our whole family will come to Kosovo, we will vote, but never for Albin Serbia.".
Another video released on December 4th shows a woman, dressed in a formal suit, interviewed inside the Pristina Airport, who expresses her complete disappointment with Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The interviewee states: “At first I trusted Albin Kurti. I really trusted him. I thought he would help Kosovo and change the country for the better. But now I am not satisfied. I see no change. Only words, debates and nothing that moves forward. The more time passes, the more I think that he is working with Serbia, or is helping them unintentionally, because everything in Kosovo remains blocked. I trusted him. But now I don't anymore. Now I understand and I will never vote for him again".
Another video released on December 5th shows a young man, with a European appearance, wearing a dark jacket and backpack, who is interviewed in front of the entrance to Pristina Airport, articulating his political disillusionment. He says that at first he trusted Albin Kurti and thought he would protect Kosovo, but now he thinks completely differently, believing that Kurti is working against the citizens and in favor of Serbia. The interviewee states: “I trusted Albin Kurti. I thought he was different, that he would protect Kosovo and move things forward. But today I think completely differently. Today it seems to me that he is not working for us, but against us. As if he is helping Serbia and not Kosovo. As if everything is theater, interest, political game. I no longer trust him and I will never vote for him. For me it is over".
All three videos present a similar structure, imitating authentic television interviews in public settings (Pristina Airport). In each video, the people are interviewed with microphones from well-known Kosovar media outlets (in two videos, the microphone of Klan Kosova is used, while in another, the microphone of T7 television is used), thus creating an impression of credibility and professionalism.
This use of real media logos (Klan Kosova and T7) aims to suggest that the interviews are part of credible news broadcasts, reinforcing the narrative of the content – that these are the real opinions of the migrants captured by journalists at the airport. This is a crucial element in the disinformation strategy to make AI-generated content seem as real as possible.
All three videos show clear signs of artificial intelligence (AI) manipulation, which significantly diminishes their authenticity as real interviews. These defects include visual distortions such as distorted texts in the background of Pristina Airport, where the names do not exactly match the original ones, as well as defects in the logos of the media outlets (Klan Kosova and T7) on the microphones. Furthermore, the audio elements are compromised, as the voices of the subjects sound robotic or unnatural, a typical characteristic of AI-generated voice, often accompanied by lip-sync discrepancies. These technical anomalies indicate a sophisticated attempt to simulate television interviews in order to convey a specific political message.
Detailed analysis and verification carried out with specialized platforms such as “Hive Moderation"confirm that all three videos published by the "Tana t'zezat" page are highly likely (in this case 99%) to have been generated with artificial intelligence (AI).
Analyze
Three videos with electoral content that purport to show disappointed expatriates no longer voting for Albin Kurti were published on Facebook.
Visual findings showed distortions of texts, media logos (Klan Kosova, T7) and a robotic voice, suggesting manipulation.
As a result, the specialized platform "Hive Moderation" confirmed that all three videos are 99% likely generated with artificial intelligence.
Based on its working 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.