Profiles taken down by Facebook had been active since the 2018 elections.
Most of the 88 accounts affected used duplicate and fake profiles and produced and shared memes attacking Bolsonaro's opponents.
247 Although the existence of the so-called 'digital militia' of Jair Bolsonaro's government was already known, a detailed report by the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DRFLab) team, linked to the Atlantic Council and coordinated by researcher Luiza Bandeira, pointed out some characteristics of the... 88 pages taken down by a Facebook action. From this week.
One piece of information is that most of the pages used duplicate and fake profiles to avoid platform oversight and produced and shared memes attacking Bolsonaro's opponents since the 2018 elections, according to reports. Globo report.
The pages are linked to Eduardo, Carlos, and Flávio Bolsonaro, and to the presidency itself. Even a direct advisor to Bolsonaro at the Presidential Palace... Tércio Arnaud Thomaz was hit..