Politics and Disinformation

Politics and Disinformation

Opinion | Distrust discourse transforms into defense of paper ballots on networks

Publications

Opinion | Distrust discourse transforms into defense of paper ballots on networks

08/02/21

*Sabrina Almeida and Victor Piaia

In the beginning of November, during the presidential election process in the USA, a wave of fraud accusations with the defeat of Donald Trump enco...

Opinion | Politicians Among Us

Publications

Opinion | Politicians Among Us

04/02/21

By Luiza Carolina dos Santos* e Danielle Sanches** ***

Saturday, November 21st, 8 pm: around 500 thousand people gathered in front of their phones, computers, tablets or televisions to watch...

Opinion | Conspiracies, Fake News, and Other Dangers of the ‘Electoral Fraud’ Myth

Publications

Opinion | Conspiracies, Fake News, and Other Dangers of the ‘Electoral Fraud’ Myth

04/02/21

By Tatiana Dourado* **

Conspiracies usually rely on singular, imperceptible, and often unimaginable aspects to sustain paranoias and deliriums. It only took some “cheese” and “pizza”...

Opinion | Lack of Action Against Disinformation Might Compromise the Trust in the Elections

Publications

Opinion | Lack of Action Against Disinformation Might Compromise the Trust in the Elections

04/02/21

By Amaro Grassi and Tatiana Dourado

The lack of a plan by Brazilian authorities for the fight against the widespread of harmful and antidemocratic content in the digital environments – whi...

THE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE 2020 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL

Studies

THE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE 2020 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL

23/12/20

This research analyzes the flux of content and narrative axis that support the lack of trust on the Brazilian electoral system. The study is based on a

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