Articles By
Giane Fagundes
Research Note
Research note: Bolsonaro’s firehose: How Covid-19 disinformation on WhatsApp was used to fight a government political crisis in Brazil
Felipe Bonow Soares, Raquel Recuero, Taiane Volcan, Giane Fagundes and Giéle Sodré
Brazil has one of the highest rates of cases and deaths attributed to Covid-19 in the world. Two factors contributed to the high rates: the Brazilian government underestimated the pandemic and a large amount of disinformation was spread through social media.