Alt-Right Website Gab Attracts Bolsonaro Supporters in Brazil
- Gab social network among five most cited by Bolsonaro’s voters
- Bolsonaro leads presidential race with populist discourse
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A social network popular among the U.S. alt-right is one of the favorite web destinations for supporters of former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian presidential candidate with the largest number of social media followers.
Gab.ai, a network set up two years ago as an alternative to Twitter, is among the top-five websites cited by Bolsonaro’s supporters on Twitter, according to a study by Alto Data Analytics, a firm that applies artificial intelligence in its analysis of big data. It is also the only non-Brazilian website among the 30 most-shared domains that make reference to the country’s Oct. 7 presidential election, the study found.