Bolsonaro to Sit Out Brazil’s Final Presidential Debate
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday, October 3rd, doctors for Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed that...
October 4, 2018Topic
Internet to Heavily Influence October’s General Elections in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With the official start of election campaigns, the upcoming...
August 17, 2018
Facebook Removes Allegedly Fake News in Brazil Amidst Stock Crash
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Facebook announced earlier this week, Wednesday, that after ‘a...
July 27, 2018
Brazil Preparing to Fight Fake News During October’s Elections
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) in Brazil signed a...
June 29, 2018Brazil Probes Possible Facebook Data Breach in October Elections
Secret recording reveals that Cambridge Analytica was planning to use the social media data to influence the October Presidential election.
March 22, 2018
Most Influential Brands in Brazil are Technology Companies
This year’s survey shows Google ranking top, followed by YouTube, Facebook and Microsoft.
April 24, 2017
Court in Brazil Orders Block of WhatsApp, Again
For the third time in less than a year, the popular online messaging service, WhatsApp, was shutdown in Brazil by...
July 20, 2016
Judge Orders Block of WhatsApp for 72 Hours in Brazil
The decision is expected to affect more than one hundred million Brazilians who use the service on a daily basis.
May 3, 2016
Rio de Janeiro Police Adopt Social Media to Help Combat Crime
The use of social media has emerged as a vital tool in Rio de Janeiro’s security efforts against crime as...
April 30, 2016