It published a letter from one of its readers this past week urging the American president to not just interfere in Brazil's elections, but to intervene in its democracy.

We have seen the Bolsonaro family imploring the Trump administration to sanction Brazil, to force Brazilian authorities to release their father from prison.

We still don't understand the full extent of this lobbying operation, but we might look back in 10 years and understand that to be the central, the dynamic that defined the shape of the race, was US interference through the Bolsonaro family.

In

the 2022 election, most of the mainstream press recognized that Bolsonaro spelled an existential threat for Brazil.

That energy isn't quite there anymore.

Flavio is not the same as his father.

OK, but there's something deeply wrong there with Brazil's media ecosystem.

I'm not asking

permission.

Flávio Bolsonaro defends himself by saying that he used private money that came from Banco Master, and so that shouldn't be a problem.

When actually it's the opposite, because when you're a senator, the line of what's corruption and bribery can be crossed very easily if you're dealing with millions of dollars coming from a bank.

He is as far right as he can get.

How much space should you give for positions like this, for extreme positions? Do you need to inform the audience that someone is saying something that could be considered anti-democratic? Or are you just amplifying the voice of someone if he has obviously every incentive for everything that he says to be treated as news?

And this bill is really just about bringing transparency from big techs.

In terms of access to the algorithm, access to reports about the algorithm, uh, understanding how these platforms behave, so we have a more transparent way of understanding how these platforms, like the role of these platforms in everyday life This is why the big techs are playing hardball in Brazil, because they know that if Brazil passes this bill, then it sets the precedent and the other countries will follow as well.

They know that the freedom of speech is not the freedom to spread hate, racism, misogyny, and homophobia." David Nemer.

The Brazilian politicians have very specific interest in keeping Twitter the way it is.

You know, they prevail because of misinformation.

They prevail because of hate speech that they promote.

And in Brazil, that's not allowed.

So they need a platform to, to create this sort of engagement and, and build their base.

And this bill is really just about bringing transparency from big techs.

In terms of access to the algorithm, access to reports about the algorithm, understanding how these platforms behave.

So we have a more transparent way of understanding how these platforms, like the role of these platforms in everyday life.

This is why the big techs are playing hardball in Brazil, because they know that if Brazil passes this bill, then it sets the precedent and the other countries will follow as well.

David Niemer.

The Brazilian politicians have very specific interest in keeping Twitter the way it is.

You know, they prevail because of misinformation.

They prevail because of hate speech that they promote.

And this bill is really just about bringing transparency from big techs.

In terms of access to the algorithm, access to reports about the algorithm, understanding how these platforms behave.

So we have a more transparent way of understanding how these platforms, like the role of these platforms in everyday life.

This is why the big techs are playing hardball in Brazil, because they know that if Brazil passes this bill, then it sets the precedent and the other countries will follow as well.

David Niemer.

The Brazilian politicians have very specific interest in keeping Twitter the way it is.

You know, they prevail because of misinformation.

They prevail because of hate speech that they promote.