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The Dispatch→ A Warning to the U.S. From Brazil and Iran
Iranian warship IRIS Makran sails off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 27, 2023. (Photo by Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images.)A docking by Iranian warships in Rio de Janeiro challenges the Biden administration.The post A Warning to the U.S
The Dispatch→ Brazil’s New President Starts His Term on a Tightrope
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.(Photo credit should read Luis Barron / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing/.Getty Images)Lula quelled an insurrection, but he still must figure out how to contend with a divided populace and looming fiscal cha
Poynter→ Jan 8. invasion of Brazil’s capital ‘bigger and more frightening’ than the US Capitol attack, fact-checkers say
Fifteen hundred pro-Bolsonaro protesters have been detained in the Brazilian Jan. 8 capitol riot redolent of the one that happened two years ago at the United States Capitol, according to […] The post Jan 8. invasion of Brazil’s capital ‘bigg
Logically→ A protestor dressed like the QAnon Shaman was spotted at the January 8 protest in Brasilia.
An image from a protest held in Brazil's São Paulo in September 2021 has been shared in the context of the January 2023 protest in Brasília.
Logically→ Brazilian police stopped Jair Bolsonaro’s son from leaving the country after the ex-president tried to overturn the democratic elections.
No reports show that Flavio Bolsonaro attempted to flee Brazil after the riots. A 2011 video of police stopping smugglers has been misrepresented.
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Installs Election Denier Atop Homeland Security Committee
Days after finally electing a House Speaker, the incoming right-wing majority in the House of Representatives installed election-denying Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee (R) atop the Homeland Security Committee. Green confirmed his election on Twitter whil
Truth or Fiction?→ Brazil Insurrection Had Familiar Faces, Themes
A January 8 2023 attempted right-wing coup in Brazil’s capital Brasília followed the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (popularly known as “Lula”) over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the South American nation’s pres
Logically→ Brazil’s former prime minister Jair Bolsonaro spotted with U.S. military officials on January 2, 2023.
Image from Jair Bolsonaro's March 2020 visit to U.S. Southern Command was falsely shared as a recent visit after his election loss in 2022.
Logically→ FIFA will keep legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé’s feet in its museum.
There is no evidence to support the claim that FIFA will display Pelé feet at its museum in Zurich.
Logically→ Brazilian footballer Pelé is dead.
Pelé has been hospitalized since November 29, 2022, due to a respiratory ailment aggravated by COVID-19. He is at no imminent risk of death.
The Dispatch→ The Battle Between Brazil’s Familiar Faces
Voters in South America’s largest country face a stark choice in Sunday’s presidential election: A Dispatch Explainer.The post The Battle Between Brazil’s Familiar Faces appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Brazil’s fact-checkers concerned with their impact ahead of Oct. 30 runoff
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. Journalists and fact-checkers in Brazil are concerned about the [&
Snopes→ Strike Four: Facebook Misses Election Misinfo in Brazil Ads
Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election.
Snopes→ ‘Brazil in a Nutshell’ Street Gunfire Video Shows TV Series Filming
According to HoaxEye, a video of men on a motorcycle trading gunfire with others in a Brazilian street was from the shooting of a film.
Snopes→ Police: Amazon Fisherman Confesses to Killing Missing Pair
A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered.
Poynter→ In Brazil, Telegram adds measures to block misleading information ahead of elections
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. Telegram was evading emails from Brazilian authorities for months,
Snopes→ Is the Snake and Snorkeler Photo in Online Ads Real?
A picture of a large snake and a snorkeler showed up in an online advertisement that read, "Chilling Unedited Nature Photos Ever Captured."
Poynter→ Brazil’s fact-checkers air concerns over so-called ‘Fake News’ bill
A Brazilian bill designed to contain the spread of mis- and disinformation narrowly failed an “accelerated pathway” vote Wednesday in the lower house of Congress, one of two representative voting […] The post Brazil’s fact-checkers air conc
Poynter→ In 2022, Brazil’s Bolsonaro disinformation machine challenges a growing number of skeptics
Making politics in Brazil in 2022 demands knowledge of how to manipulate social platforms and flood them with information that makes up a convincing narrative that the country is doing […] The post In 2022, Brazil’s Bolsonaro disinformation
Poynter→ Election fraud claims proliferate in Germany, Peru and Brazil
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. A fraudulent export As the debate in the United States rages over the voting
Poynter→ ‘There will always be claims of cheating’ in elections, but fact-checkers can work together to fight back
Fact-checkers emphasized Tuesday the importance of collaboration in protecting election integrity and fighting back against false accusations of fraud. Speaking at Tuesday’s IFCN Talk, Gilberto Scofield Jr., business and development director for the
Poynter→ WhatsApp can be a black box of misinformation, but Maldita may have opened a window
Private messaging apps like WhatsApp have always presented challenges for fact-checkers. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, where fact-checkers can use third-party software to track the virality of misinformation tropes, WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption ke
Poynter→ Brazilian judge orders Aos Fatos to censor two fact checks
A judge in Brazil issued a preliminary ruling on Apr. 23 requiring fact-checking organization Aos Fatos to remove references to the magazine Revista Oeste in two of its fact checks as well as ratings of the magazine’s posts on Facebook. Revista Oeste
Poynter→ Facebook has an apparent double standard over COVID-19 misinformation in Brazil, researchers say
Researchers want Facebook’s Oversight Board to evaluate the platform’s exemption of politicians from fact-checking after new research from Brazillian fact-checking organization Agência Lupa pointed to 29 examples of President Jair Bolsonaro spread
Poynter→ Vaccine gaslighting, mask falsehoods and fake cures dominate recent claims added to the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance Database
As world leaders and everyday citizens roll up their sleeves to get vaccinated against COVID-19, purveyors of falsehoods have turned to a new tactic — claiming those vaccinations were a hoax. Vice President Kamala Harris, Australian Prime Minister Sc
Poynter→ Fact-checkers score wins in court, but the threat of legal harassment remains
Fact-checkers in Greece, Kazakhstan and Brazil celebrated legal victories this month after fighting off court challenges that could have crippled their organizations. In Athens, a court rejected a lawsuit by a group called the Union of Greek Physicists
Poynter→ Brazilian election: Fact-checkers detected 16 electoral hoaxes in 48 hours, a third of the total registered in 2018
In the first round of the 2020 Brazilian local election, three technological errors created an opportunity for disinformation to thrive. An app launched by the Superior Electoral Court to help voters find their voting section or justify their absence (
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Brazilian Troops Considering ‘Military Intervention’ on Trump’s Behalf?
A right-wing group based out of San Diego State University in California stoked more conspiracy theories around the 2020 U.S. presidential elections on Twitter, claiming that troops and operatives from other governments may get involved on behalf of i
Poynter→ Electronic ballots are effective, fast and used all over the world — so why aren’t they used in the U.S.?
People living in at least 25 countries might be reading the news today that the U.S. still hasn’t elected a president and asking themselves, “Why isn’t the United States using electronic ballots like us?” In those 25 countries, elec
Poynter→ The Brazilian Ministry of Science used a generic Shutterstock infographic to present COVID-19 data
At the beginning of his bestseller, “How Charts Lie,” Spanish journalist and designer Alberto Cairo says, “Many charts — tables, graphs, maps, diagrams — that we see everyday through TV, newspapers, social networks, textbooks, or advertising
Poynter→ How techno-populists put the ‘Hate Machine’ to work in spreading disinformation
Take a minute and try to answer this: What do Donald Trump (USA), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Recep Erdoğan (Turkey), Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), Viktor Órban (Hungary), Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines) and Narendra Modi (India)
Poynter→ Por que em vez de correr para aprovar uma lei incapaz de dar conta da desinformação, o Brasil não monta um projeto colaborativo para as eleições?
*Note: This article is in Portuguese. It will be soon translated into English. Luto contra a desinformação há sete anos. Preocupo-me dia e noite com o que se convencionou chamar de “fake news” antes mesmo dessa expressão ganhar força e
Poynter→ Brazilian fact-checkers warn their country’s ‘fake news’ bill will do more harm than good
Brazilian fact-checkers said a bill passed Tuesday intended to combat disinformation will create a massive surveillance network and make it more difficult to do their work. “The Brazilian Law on Freedom, Responsibility and Transparency on the Int
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Test Positive for COVID-19?
A tweet reporting that Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro had tested positive for COVID-19 circulated quickly online on March 12 2020 before being taken down, although after it was removed it still moved around social media in screenshot form. Th
Truth or Fiction?→ Daniel Everett and the Amazonian Tribe that ‘Deconverted’ Him
A former evangelist’s journey to becoming an advocate for a tribe native to the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has endured not only through his own efforts, but through the reproduction online of a famous photograph of him. In October 2019, a Reddi
Truth or Fiction?→ How Much Ground Would the Amazon Rainforest Fires Cover Inside the United States?
While the final toll of their damage has yet to be assessed, enough fires had torn through the Amazon rainforest in August 2019 that a similar outbreak would devastate several regions in the mainland United States. A graphic first posted to Twitter on
Truth or Fiction?→ Did The Movie ‘Venom’ Get More Money Than Fire Relief for the Brazilian Amazon?
Following the August 2019 news that the G7 economic forum agreed to pledge $20 million to contain fires tearing through the Amazon rainforest, digital artist Todd Vaziri‘s note of perspective on Twitter struck a chord online. Vaziri — who has
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This Map Show the Locations of the Amazon Wildfires?
In the later days of August 2019, a map showing the many locations of wildfires raging through Brazil’s Amazon rainforest territory (and through other countries) made the rounds. The map contains legitimate information, but experts did advise re
Truth or Fiction?→ Was an Ecuadorian Tribe’s Rainforest Home Hit by a Rash of Wildfires?
As awareness of unprecedented wildfires hitting rainforests in the Brazilian Amazon spread online in August 2019, social media users began drawing links between the blazes and a court victory for an indigenous Ecuadorian tribe weeks earlier. On July 1