Politicization of fake news about the indigenous people in the checking agency Lupa

The information circulating on digital social networks is sometimes false and affects vulnerable groups, such as indigenous people. To understand false information about indigenous Brazilian people, we evaluated the fake news checked by the Lupa agency. From 2018 to 2023, 36 fake news focused on ind...

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Autor: Viana Martins, Allysson
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS)
Repositorio:Comunicação & Inovação
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.seer.uscs.edu.br:article/9757
Acceso en línea:http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_comunicacao_inovacao/article/view/9757
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fake news
Disinformation
Indigenous people
Desinformação
Povos indígenas
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Sumario:The information circulating on digital social networks is sometimes false and affects vulnerable groups, such as indigenous people. To understand false information about indigenous Brazilian people, we evaluated the fake news checked by the Lupa agency. From 2018 to 2023, 36 fake news focused on indigenous peoples, with only three without the “False” label, but still contributing to disinformation. The speech of far-right politicians and supporters highlighted the lies about indigenous people, with politicization observed indirectly in 2 lies and directly in 28 fake news, 24 benefiting the far-right and 4 the left spectrum.