Posts claiming ``fraudulent elections'' on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc. increased sharply before and after the Brazilian capitol raid



On January 8, 2023, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the federal parliament, presidential office, and Supreme Court in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. During this attack, it was reported that information related to the attack was widely disseminated on SNS such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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The attack in Brazil was sparked by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was defeated in the 2022 presidential election. Supporters of former President Bolsonaro argue that the reason Bolsonaro lost the election was that the election was rigged.




Supporters of former President Bolsonaro posted posts on SNS such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram claiming that the 2022 election was a ``fraudulent election'' and a ``stolen election.'' Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, has announced that on January 9, 2023, the day after the raid, it will designate the raid as a ``violation event'' and delete content that supports and praises the riot.

Brazilian researchers point out that Twitter is 'a platform actively used by right-wing influencers,' and argue that posts on Twitter had a significant impact on inciting riots. Also, according to Twitter officials, most of the Twitter team in Brazil had been dismissed due to a large-scale layoff carried out by Mr. Earon Mask. Brazil's Twitter team was preventing posts that incited violence and the spread of misinformation, but the source of the information, a Twitter official, said, ``(Currently) we have not confirmed the existence of a team that monitors Twitter violations in Brazil. No,' he said, claiming that Twitter's moderation in Brazil was in an unsustainable situation due to the mass dismissal of employees.

Below is a collection of tweets that incite the attack that was actually spread on Twitter. You can see that there were many tweets showing illustrations and aerial photographs of the National Assembly building as the location of the attack.




Also, since Mr. Mask became CEO of Twitter, it is reported that tens of thousands of accounts such as conspiracy theorists and racists have been unfrozen, but unfrozen accounts It has also been pointed out that some of them were leaders of anti-democratic movements.




Mr. Mask tweeted after the attack on a government agency in Brazil, ``I hope the people of Brazil can solve the problem peacefully.''




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