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Tackling Disinformation in Brazil

Journalist Patrícia Campos Mello has faced some of the worst disinformation campaigns in Brazil. Now she’s raising awareness to fight back.

By , a former intern at Foreign Policy.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters while visiting  Brasilia on Aug. 23, 2020.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters while visiting Brasilia on Aug. 23, 2020.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters while visiting Brasilia on Aug. 23, 2020. SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images

In October 2018, just over a week before the presidential election that would cement Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power, Brazil’s newspaper of record Folha de S.Paulo published an exposé on his campaign’s allegedly illegal use of WhatsApp to spread false news stories about his opponent Fernando Haddad.

Augusta Saraiva is a former intern at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @gutavsaraiva

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