By Patricia Campos Mello February 15, 2022 The agreements disclosed by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) and the internet platforms fall far short of the election policies adopted by the companies in the US, and fail to explain how they will react if the result of the 2022 election is…

Bill provides special treatment for accounts of public interest that breach rules By Patricia Campos Mello At least 750,000 institutions’ and politicians’ profiles, from the President of the Republic to councilmen, will be able to challenge internet platforms in court and demand swift reinstatement of accounts or posts that breach…

By Patrícia Campos Mello March 22nd, 2022 YouTube announced that it will begin removing all videos containing false allegations of fraud, errors or technical problems in the 2018 election, even retrospectively, affecting those already posted on the platform. The update to YouTube’s electoral policies was announced on Tuesday the 22nd…

By Patricia Campos Mello Feb 15, 2022 The agreements released by the TSE (Brazilian Superior Electoral Court) and internet platforms on Tuesday (15) fall far short of the electoral policies adopted by companies in the United States and do not respond to how they will react if the result of…

By Patrcia Campos Mello 14 February, 2022 While electoral advertisements are legally only allowed on or after August 15 of this year, at least 20 ads have been placed on Facebook and Instagram that promote the candidacy of president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), with the phrase “Bolsonaro 2022”, and a request…

Research shows WhatsApp, Telegram groups and YouTube channels promote delegitimization of polls By Patricia Campos Mello May 7, 2022 With the aim of delegitimizing opinion polls showing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the lead, Bolsonaro supporters’ groups on WhatsApp, Telegram and YouTube channels are resorting to skewed surveys, pseudo polls and attacks on polling institutes Datafolha and Ipespe.

By Victoria Baranetsky and Robert Rosenthal Six years ago, an attempt to silence and destroy our nonprofit investigative reporting news organization, The Center for Investigative Reporting, began. …

By Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, Mark Fuerst, Caroline Porter We live in an era of shrinking local journalism capacity. By now we all know the statistics: Since 2005 more than one in four newspapers — 2,500 total — have shuttered in the U.S. Overall employment in the newspaper industry has decreased…

By Caroline Porter and Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, May 2022 In spring 2020 Steve Leone, a newspaper editor in Concord, New Hampshire, faced a problem. The news was both dire and critical; and yet, his newspaper’s advertising nearly halved overnight, his team was forced to quickly adjust to remote work, and…