Days after President Lula Da Silva is sworn in, a conspiracy-fuelled mob targets the seat of presidency in Brazil. Plus, the Italian Mafia take to TikTok.
The current invasion of Brazil’s democratic establishments, days after President Lula da Silva was sworn in, seems to be like a carbon copy of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol in the US.
Like MAGA Individuals, a lot of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters have been radicalised on-line and, because the Trump-Bolsonaro impact hits Brazil, the nation’s points with misinformation are uncovered.
Contributors:
David Nemer – Assistant professor, College of Virginia
Charlotte Peet – Journalist
Gustavo Ribeiro – Founder, The Brazilian Report
Rose Marie Santini – Professor, Federal College of Rio de Janeiro and Director, NetLab
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In Belarus this week, reporters from what was as soon as the nation’s high impartial information outlet went on trial. Meenakshi Ravi studies on Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown on journalists that appears Putin-esque.
The Mafia’s TikTok takeover
Components of the Italian underworld are surfacing on-line. Flo Phillips studies from Rome on the Mafia’s new stomping floor – TikTok.
Contributors:
Alessandra Dolci – Deputy prosecutor, Milan Anti-Mafia Directorate
Nico Falco – Journalist, Fanpage
Marcello Ravveduto – Professor of digital public historical past, College of Salerno
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