Bots or users? Bolsonaro multiplies followers on Twitter after the arrival of Elon Musk

Bots or users?  Bolsonaro multiplies followers on Twitter after the arrival of Elon Musk

According to the American Christopher Bouzi, creator of the Bot Sentinel site dedicated to combating disinformation, more than 90% of the president’s new followers would be robotsreported the UOL news portal.

Bolsonaro, some of his sons and Brazilian pro-government legislators celebrated Musck’s arrival on Twitter for understanding that from now on that platform will respect freedom to the letter.

Posts by the ultra-conservative president were removed from social networks for containing fake news regarding the coronavirus pandemic and about the electronic ballot boxes to be used in the October elections.

“When they ask me if these new accounts that follow Bolsonaro are from real people, my answer is no. I don’t think that thousands of Brazilians decided to create thousands of accounts at the same time because Musk bought Twitter,” Bouzi said.

The concilor Carlos Bolsonaroresponsible for communications on the social networks of his father Jair Bolsonaro, added 25,800 new followers between April 25 and 26, according to the survey by engineer Bouzi.

In those same two days it was reported that Musk took control of Twitter the senator Flavio Bolsonaroanother president’s son, added 16,800 new members to his profile.

Source: Ambito

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