Cyber expert Halil Berisha has criticized some media outlets, saying they have become leaders of misinformation.
Berisha wrote on Facebook that citizens should be extremely cautious and skeptical of everything they see online, especially when the content is sensational, frightening, and unusual.
"The "ghost" that should scare us even more. An image of a "ghost", created with Artificial Intelligence, was rapidly distributed in recent days and was taken as real not only by ordinary citizens, but also by many media outlets. It became big news. Not because it had real importance, but because it brought clicks, views and reactions, much more than most of the daily news produced by the editorial offices themselves. This is no coincidence. It is proof that some of the media, from leaders of public information, have transformed into leaders of misinformation, often without minimal verification and without professional responsibility," he wrote.
Berisha emphasizes that this "ghost" did not cause serious harm, it scared or aroused curiosity in some people, but nothing more.
"However, it revealed something much more dangerous: The combination of Artificial Intelligence, the carelessness and ignorance of some media outlets, and the massive distribution by citizens on social networks, creates an ideal terrain for malicious actors, including enemies of the country, to exploit: create panic, spread information fog, incite division, and even riots. Today it was a "ghost", and tomorrow it could be an incident, crisis, or a fabricated security threat. In the age of AI, verification is a necessity. And the responsibility does not fall only on citizens, but especially on the media," he said.
According to Berisha, this case should serve as a lesson, not as another internet joke.
