Fake news on social media
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:19 am
Unfortunately, fighting illegal messages via WhatsApp is not enough, given the breadth and variety of communication that the internet offers. Twitter is a strong social network where users can write short posts of up to 280 characters.
In January 2022, the app announced that its Brazilian version will have a feature to combat fake news. For now, it is still in the testing phase, but according to the company, it is an extremely necessary feature, given the importance of the 2022 elections.
Where does the stolen data come from?
For years, there have been several ways to acquire email lists for purchase on the internet. When it comes to SMS or WhatsApp, the data often comes easily from social networks, for example.
Bots are used to scan profiles that have commented on a namibia mobile database particular post, for example. Another example is if a social network user has set their phone number to 'public', making it easier for the bot to store it along with other available data such as name, email, gender and location.
You can never be too careful when disclosing data on the internet, as it is becoming a 'lawless land' every day, where despite laws such as the LGPD being in favor of users, there are always people with bad intentions who can circumvent the user's privacy and acquire this data to use it in any way they see fit, even without the authorization of the data owner.
Sending mass messages can result in a fine of between R$5,000 and R$30,000 for candidates.
That's right! The fine varies between R$5,000 and R$30,000, or even twice the amount spent by the person responsible for carrying out the mass shooting.
When this happens and the rules are not followed by the candidate, the amount results in profit for the party fund.
There has been a fight against fake news since the 2018 elections. Since then, the TSE has been trying to improve a tool created in partnership with WhatsApp to report this type of practice in the 2022 elections.
This tool will be launched as soon as the Electoral Court manages to suspend Telegram (a messaging app similar to WhatsApp). Telegram currently has no representative in Brazil, which makes it more difficult to combat false information.
In January 2022, the app announced that its Brazilian version will have a feature to combat fake news. For now, it is still in the testing phase, but according to the company, it is an extremely necessary feature, given the importance of the 2022 elections.
Where does the stolen data come from?
For years, there have been several ways to acquire email lists for purchase on the internet. When it comes to SMS or WhatsApp, the data often comes easily from social networks, for example.
Bots are used to scan profiles that have commented on a namibia mobile database particular post, for example. Another example is if a social network user has set their phone number to 'public', making it easier for the bot to store it along with other available data such as name, email, gender and location.
You can never be too careful when disclosing data on the internet, as it is becoming a 'lawless land' every day, where despite laws such as the LGPD being in favor of users, there are always people with bad intentions who can circumvent the user's privacy and acquire this data to use it in any way they see fit, even without the authorization of the data owner.
Sending mass messages can result in a fine of between R$5,000 and R$30,000 for candidates.
That's right! The fine varies between R$5,000 and R$30,000, or even twice the amount spent by the person responsible for carrying out the mass shooting.
When this happens and the rules are not followed by the candidate, the amount results in profit for the party fund.
There has been a fight against fake news since the 2018 elections. Since then, the TSE has been trying to improve a tool created in partnership with WhatsApp to report this type of practice in the 2022 elections.
This tool will be launched as soon as the Electoral Court manages to suspend Telegram (a messaging app similar to WhatsApp). Telegram currently has no representative in Brazil, which makes it more difficult to combat false information.