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"The pandemic has been a major topic of disinformation under Mr. Bolsonaro, with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all having removed videos from him that pushed un

"The pandemic has been a major topic of disinformation under Mr. Bolsonaro, with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all having removed videos from him that pushed unproven drugs as coronavirus cures." This is interesting. I assume they're talking about Ivermectin, which I believe is part of Brazil's official medical strategy and response to covid[1]. American health authorities issue guidance that conflicts with Brazilian health authorities and so American social media companies censor Brazilians? I wonder if there is a group at Google that reaches a position based on research or if they're just taking guidance from authorities. 1 -https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/15/1006198151/covid-pseudoscience-is-choking-brazil https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/15/1006198...

pvaldes 5y ago
If Bolsonaro and his cronies were committing a crime [1] wouldn't be removing those videos the same as removing evidence? [1] Not a lawyer, but I bet that I'm not the only human thinking that promoting disinformation and taking bath masses in the middle of a pandemy should count as criminal activity. Is not much different as deliberately giving weapons to toddlers. After more than 580.000 victims and 20 millions of brazilians infected, they can't claim lack of knowledge about the consequences of their acts anymore.
- boibombeiro 5y ago
  His posts wasn't removed. They were hidden behind a disclaimer, like NSFW content.
tim333 5y ago
"pills such as the lice medication ivermectin, the antimalarial chloroquine and popular antibiotic azithromycin as well as anticoagulants, painkillers and a set of vitamins" They seem to be using a variety of unproven stuff.
boibombeiro 5y ago
The first removed posts were videos of him visiting cities that were in lockdown, gathering crowds and asking people to deobey the state law and leave their houses. He didn't believe covid was real back them.
boibombeiro 5y ago
Cloroquine and ivemerctin used to be a suggested treatment on the official government website. Nowadays they are saying "the site was hacked" -- the content wasn't suppose to be publicly available.

pvaldes 5y ago

If Bolsonaro and his cronies were committing a crime [1] wouldn't be removing those videos the same as removing evidence? [1] Not a lawyer, but I bet that I'm not the only human thinking that promoting disinformation and taking bath masses in the middle of a pandemy should count as criminal activity. Is not much different as deliberately giving weapons to toddlers. After more than 580.000 victims and 20 millions of brazilians infected, they can't claim lack of knowledge about the consequences of their acts anymore.

boibombeiro 5y ago
His posts wasn't removed. They were hidden behind a disclaimer, like NSFW content.

tim333 5y ago

"pills such as the lice medication ivermectin, the antimalarial chloroquine and popular antibiotic azithromycin as well as anticoagulants, painkillers and a set of vitamins" They seem to be using a variety of unproven stuff.

boibombeiro 5y ago

The first removed posts were videos of him visiting cities that were in lockdown, gathering crowds and asking people to deobey the state law and leave their houses. He didn't believe covid was real back them.

boibombeiro 5y ago

Cloroquine and ivemerctin used to be a suggested treatment on the official government website. Nowadays they are saying "the site was hacked" -- the content wasn't suppose to be publicly available.