Messages calling for the invasion of Brasilia’s Praça dos Três Poderes this Sunday (8) have been shared on social media since January 3, a to the facts the investigation found. Despite several platforms’ guidelines against violent content and election fraud allegations, these posts are still accessible on major social networks and messaging apps.
to the facts found dozens of posts urging Bolsonaro supporters to to guarantee “freedom and democracy“,”defend the country from the communist menace“, And “take the power“. During the terrorist act, the presidential Palácio do Planalto, the buildings of the National Congress and the Supreme Court were invaded and looted.
- Radar to the facts found a series of WhatsApp messages shared since Tuesday (3) urging “truck drivers, farmers, gun owners”, among other Bolsonaro supporters, to “excavate all the rats who have seized power”;
- Between Tuesday and Saturday, more posts (7) were found, totaling tens of thousands of shares and hundreds of thousands of views on platforms such as TikTok, Kwai, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram;
- For example, a video posted on Kwai on January 3 called on users for “mass action” to stop the country and storm Congress. As of this Sunday evening, the video has had more than 10,000 views;
- Most of the posts went viral from January 4th onwards. One of them made a “constitutional call for military personnel, anti-communists and anti-dictators” for a “military revolution”, which was shared by dozens of users across different platforms and reached over 100,000 views this Sunday.
Video. Examples of viral posts calling for a coup published on Kwai and TikTok (Play)
Viral postings on TikTok and Kwai spread to other platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, where they were also viewed by thousands of users. Published on Friday (6), the most popular post reached 820,000 views and 48,000 shares this Sunday (8) afternoon.
Facebook. Video posted on January 6 calling on Bolsonaro supporters to join Sunday’s ‘military revolution’ (Play)
to the facts calls for invasions in Brasilia have also been found on messaging apps since January 4. Telegram groups such as CLUBE DAS ARMAS, NAÇÃO BRASILEIRA and FAMÍLIA BRASIL, with around 20,000 members each, have called on Bolsonaro supporters to storm the Brazilian capital. Calls for “the people to take power” were also widely shared over the weekend.
violations
While content with calls for the assault on Brasilia has remained accessible, most platforms have policies against this type of extremist content.
- Acceptance of the YouTube Community Guidelines, “content intended to praise, promote, or aid violent or criminal extremist organizations is not permitted.” The platform he said whereas false claims with allegations of fraud, errors or anomalies in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Brazilian presidential elections also violate the rules;
- Facebook States that “any content that contains statements of intent, calls to action, conditional or ambitious statements, or that incites violence as a result of voting, voter registration or administration, or the result of an election” may not be posted;
- Tick tock He says do not allow people to use the platform “to threaten or incite violence, or to promote violent extremist organizations, individuals, or acts” and typically remove content for that purpose.
- Kwai also has rules to combat content that “engages in terrorist activity or praises, glorifies, endorses, or promotes terrorist organizations, which includes any non-state actor that engages, advocates, or lends substantial support to acts of violence that could cause the death, injury or serious harm to civilians with the intent to coerce, intimidate or influence a civilian population, government or international organization to achieve a political, religious or ideological purpose”.
- Telegram it bans messages that promote violence and “activities recognized as illegal by most countries – such as terrorism and child abuse”.
Contacted by to the facts, Kwai declared this sunday who removed the aforementioned videos. “All actions and initiatives developed by the platform to contain the advance and propagation of content that has the potential to harm the democratic process remain ongoing,” they said.
goal he said had designated Sunday’s act as a policy violation event and would remove content that supports or praises the event.
Other platforms had not commented until Sunday evening.
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