Report: Brazil’s Troll Army Moves Into the Streets

"Beyond smear and disinformation campaigns, the office of hate’s purpose is far more nefarious: to weaken Brazil’s democratic institutions. Investigations by the prosecutor general revealed that some pro-Bolsonaro legislators are spending cabinet funds on marketing agencies that use social media to promote protests against the Supreme Court and Congress, and in favor of military intervention in politics.

This incitement is intended to convince supporters that Supreme Court justices are dictators, and that the press and Congress are preventing the president from governing, and are plotting a coup. He may be laying the groundwork to justify a military intervention on his behalf. And in a young democracy like Brazil, institutions can be more fragile than they appear."
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