Sovereignty Now! The democratic uprising in defense of Brazil's digital autonomy.

Brazilian democracy is, once again, in the crosshairs of a coordinated attack. And this time, the offensive is not only taking place in the halls of Congress or behind the scenes of the Judiciary, but in the invisible flows that modulate our consciousness, our desires, our political decisions. It is in the codes, algorithms, and data that we decide who we are and who we can be. The recently revealed alliance between tech giants—Meta and Google—and sectors of the Brazilian far-right is not a conspiracy rumor. It is concrete data, confirmed by news reports, that exposes the preparation of a new cycle of information warfare for 2026, targeting, once again, the democracy and sovereignty of the Brazilian people.

This is not fiction. This is real power, operating in real time, from private platforms that have transformed the public sphere into a terrain of large-scale manipulation. The objective: to undermine the cognitive autonomy of society, manipulate perceptions, sabotage democratic consensus, and render any popular project for the reconstruction of the country unfeasible.

Faced with this threat, the reaction cannot be merely perfunctory. We cannot stand idly by while public debate is poisoned and the collective imagination is captured by anti-democratic networks. We must act—with intelligence, strategy, and courage—to build a popular, democratic, and sovereign response.

On July 8th and 9th, Brasília will be the turning point. That's when the "Sovereignty Now!" meeting will take place, convened by networks, collectives, unions, popular communicators, and social movements from across the country. The event will occupy the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court, the Presidential Palace, and, above all, autonomous spaces where political creativity can flourish without institutional constraints. The objective is clear: to develop, in a pluralistic and collective way, the Digital Plan for Brazilian Sovereignty, capable of protecting society against the corrosive effects of algorithmic warfare and informational neocolonialism.

The warning has been given. As the event's manifesto denounces, Meta and Google sat at the table with political operatives who conspire against democracy. This sinister pact highlights the urgency of breaking the technological dependence that holds Brazil hostage to global private interests. There is no solid democracy while our communication is subject to the rules of foreign platforms. There is no real sovereignty while our data, our information flows, and even our collective memory are in the hands of conglomerates that do not serve the public interest.

The meeting in Brasília promises more than just protests. It aims to articulate concrete solutions: democratic regulatory frameworks, training and capacity building at the grassroots level, strengthening independent media, stimulating national science and technology, investing in public and cooperative platforms, critical digital literacy, and popular education initiatives that allow people to understand how algorithmic domination is constructed—and how to break its shackles.

It's time to take a stand on history. We are facing one of the greatest challenges since the country's redemocratization: ensuring that public debate is not hijacked, that elections are not rigged by industrialized disinformation campaigns, and that plurality and human dignity can survive the bombardment of false narratives and orchestrated hatred.

The call echoing in Brasília on these 8th and 9th of July is no ordinary call. It is the cry of those who know that Brazilian democracy is at risk, but are also aware that the only force capable of defending it is the organized people themselves.

This is not about naiveté. Building Brazilian informational sovereignty involves profound conflicts: we will face the lobby of corporate giants, the geopolitical blackmail of technological powers, and the complicity of reactionary sectors that would rather see the country on its knees than sovereign. That is why Sovereignty Now! is more than a protest—it is a trench of articulation and construction, which begins now and needs to continue until it consolidates, in practice, a new democratic model of digital governance.

Some call this utopia. But utopia, as Galeano said, serves to keep us moving forward. There will be no full democracy in Brazil without digital sovereignty, and there will be no digital sovereignty without massive, active, vigilant, and mobilized popular participation.

The meeting in Brasília points the way: to fight against algorithmic colonialism that transforms people into commodities and data into weapons of manipulation. To defend constitutional guarantees and national sovereignty in the face of a surveillance capitalism that is becoming increasingly authoritarian. To reclaim the public purpose of technology in order to put networks at the service of the community, and not of digital tyrannies.

Those who can, please attend. Those who can't, organize discussion groups, debate, denounce, share qualified information. There's no time to lose. The 2026 elections have already begun—behind the scenes, in shady deals, in the algorithms that modulate our emotions and political passions. If we don't react now, the outcome could be tragic.

Therefore, Sovereignty Now is not just an event, but a historic call to action. It is a chance to prove that the Brazilian people do not kneel before algorithms, nor tolerate their democracy being raffled off at corporate tables. If freedom of expression is still worth anything, it is worth it for resistance. If democracy still matters to us, it calls us to action.

Because, in the end, democracy — just like sovereignty — cannot defend itself. It's time to get our hands dirty. It's time to build the future that belongs to us.

See you in Brasília.