nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220920-230656-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220920s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220920-230656-0 doi eng 342 23 Keller, Clara Iglesias Author aut How Courts Became a Battlefront Against Disinformation - The 2022 Brazilian Elections Keller, Clara Iglesias Verfassungsblog 2022-09-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This October, Brazilians will elect their next President amidst a wave of disinformation aimed at discrediting the electoral process, and the electronic voting system in particular. One of the main engines of disinformation has been President Jair Bolsonaro himself. The problems created by the President’s constant spreading of disinformation – now targeting the core of Brazil’s representative democracy – go beyond the (in itself very serious) question of whether he could or could not pull off an outright refusal to leave office, in spite of an electoral defeat. Bolsonaro’s unsubstantiated charges of fraud can contribute to and encourage confusion and violence during and after the elections. CC BY-SA 4.0 Arguelhes, Diego Werneck Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-courts-became-a-battlefront-against-disinformation/ raw object