# Incident I00035: Brazilelections

* **Summary:** Bot activity in Brazil elections

* **incident type**: campaign

* **Year started:** 2014

* **Countries:** Brazil , Brazil

* **Found via:** OII

* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
 

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* Bot activity that inflates the visibility of and perceived support for certain candidates and ideologies in 2014 elections.
* Campaigns use bots or spread content favorable to their respective candidates in 2014. Neves’ operation used bots on a much larger scale than the Rousseff’s campaign (on FB, Twitter and WhatsApp).

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* Facebook removed 200 pages run by individuals connected to the right-wing activist organization Movimento Brasil Livre related to the Brazil elections.

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References:
* https://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/politicalbots/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/06/Comprop-Brazil-1.pdf
* https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/bots-brazil-the-activity-social-media-bots-brazilian-elections