'Stop the Steal 2.0': Facebook is fuelling spread of antidemocratic election lies in Brazil, report
to"swear to give my life for freedom," and"take to the streets for the last time" on Independence Day. The Brazilian leader is currently losing in the polls to opposition candidate Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, who previously served as Brazil's President from 2003 to 2010.
One ad posted by political candidate Ellen Miziara that accrued 60-70,000 impressions, the report says, urged viewers to"take the streets" and said,"So let's fight! Let's fight for our country! On September 7 I'm going to the streets, are you coming with me?" Other posts attack Lula. The report claims that Bolsonaro ally and political figure Otoni de Paula shared an ad, which garnered 20,000 impressions, claiming without evidence that the Brazilian"Supreme Court and Lula are conspiring to arrest Bolsonaro," the report says. An ad falsely alleged that Lula committed money thievery, according to the report, while another one linked Lula without evidence to the former mayor of Santo Andre Celso Daniel's assassination in 2002.
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