Category: jair bolsonaro

Facebook blocks Brazil president’s allies after court order

Post author By Randall
Post date August 2, 2020
Categories In brazil, disinformation, Facebook, fake news, gear, Internet, jair bolsonaro, law, misinformation, News, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook has been eager to fight misinformation on its platform, but it’s concerned Brazil might have taken things a step too far. BBC News reports that Facebook has blocked the accounts of a dozen allies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after the country’s Supreme Court ordered them blocked worldwide in May. The group, which […]

WhatsApp banned over 400,000 accounts during Brazil’s election

Post author By Randall
Post date November 20, 2019
Categories In brazil, chat, Election, Facebook, fake news, gear, Internet, jair bolsonaro, Messaging, misinformation, Mobile, Politics, Tech, whatsapp

[ad_1] There is evidence of a likely culprit, however. A Guardian data study indicated that the “vast majority” of false info shared on WhatsApp during the election favored far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, with 42 percent of sampled right-wing messages containing false claims versus just 3 percent for the left-wing camp. The eventual winner was also […]