In October 2019, according to data compiled by two hacker groups and calculated by the source, there were 1,355 active WhatsApp bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Messias Bolsonaro. That was almost 20 percent less than the 1,690 WhatsApp bots detected a year earlier, when Bolsonaro was elected. Bots are softwares used to carry out a massive spread of content on the internet.
Number of reported bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Bolsonaro on WhatsApp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019
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UOL. (September 19, 2019). Number of reported bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Bolsonaro on WhatsApp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131264/brazil-whatsapp-bots/
UOL. "Number of reported bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Bolsonaro on WhatsApp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019." Chart. September 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed October 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131264/brazil-whatsapp-bots/
UOL. (2019). Number of reported bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Bolsonaro on WhatsApp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131264/brazil-whatsapp-bots/
UOL. "Number of Reported Bots Spreading Fake and Distorted News Favorable to President Jair Bolsonaro on Whatsapp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131264/brazil-whatsapp-bots/
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Number of reported bots spreading fake and distorted news favorable to president Jair Bolsonaro on WhatsApp in Brazil in 2018 and 2019 [Graph], UOL, September 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131264/brazil-whatsapp-bots/