Brazil’s Loudest Election Deniers Are Kicked Off Social Media
- Bolsonaro started power handover, but allies still cry fraud
- Removals fuel claims of censorship, worries about free speech
Demonstrators during a protest at the Military Police Command Headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 2.
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Even as Jair Bolsonaro begins to give up power, his staunchest supporters refuse to accept defeat in Brazil’s presidential election, crying foul on the Internet and in the streets.
For nearly two weeks they’ve protested President-elect Luiz Inacio da Silva’s Oct. 30 victory, rallying around unproven claims of fraud. And the most social-media savvy are blasting conspiracies about vote rigging to millions of followers.