TSE orders Flávio Bolsonaro to delete misleading video about pro-Lula demonstration in Paulista
Quick Look
- Minister Belizze ordered the removal of a manipulated video showing a young woman inhaling white powder, falsely associated with the demonstration in favor of Lula on Avenida Paulista.
- The content was already circulating on the internet before the event and was shared by accounts in Argentina and Chile.
- Flávio Bolsonaro, Carlos Bolsonaro, Pablo Marçal and Rony Gabriel have 24 hours to delete their posts.
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Why It Matters
The video shows a young woman with red hair inhaling a white powder that resembles cocaine, being used to discredit the demonstration in favor of Lula on Avenida Paulista. It had already circulated on the internet before the event.
The images show a young woman with red hair with two other people around her, all sitting on the floor in what appears to be an open space. In the recording, she inhales a white powder that resembles cocaine. As Fato ou Fake has already shown, the video was already circulating on the internet before the demonstration in favor of Lula was held.
An account on X based in Argentina published the video on October 10, the day before the event in Paulista. A Chilean account on X, owned by a user who calls herself a "nationalist" and "anti-communist", also shared the video. His post associates the young woman in the video with a protest held in the country in favor of Palestine.
The minister gave Flávio and elected senator Carlos Bolsonaro (PL-SC), as well as businessman Pablo Marçal (PRTB) and elected federal deputy Rony Gabriel (Podemos-RS), 24 hours to delete the publications in which they used images of the young woman. It also determines that Meta removes a similar publication made by the Sociedade em Fatos profile, in addition to identifying the person responsible for the page.
Belizze also says in his decision that criticism of the act can be made by political groups, but not through the use of manipulation and decontextualization of the facts. "The measure does not prevent criticism, opinions or publications about the demonstration that do not present the video previously mentioned as a record of the event."
What to Watch
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Those notified will remove posts within 24 hours
Very likely · Within hours
Meta will remove the publication from the Sociedade em Fatos profile
Likely · Within hours
Open Questions
- Who is the young woman in the video?
- What is the real origin of the video?
- Are the accounts that shared the video linked to specific political groups?
