Last Tuesday, 17/08, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) suspended the monetization of pocket channels that profited from videos that exploit false information or information taken out of context, as in the case of electronic voting machines. By supposedly revealing “secret and bombastic” information, they attract the interest of millions of people. In fact, the information is false, and it serves to mobilize the Pocketnarist base around lies and democratic attacks, in addition to the profit that these channels receive from this tactic.

The blockade was ordered by the Minister of the TSE, Luis Felipe Salomão, Inspector General of Electoral Justice. The blocked money would be paid by social networks to channels, pages and websites that are being investigated for creating and propagating fake news in support of the disinformation created by President Jair Bolsonaro (no party), against the Brazilian voting system.

On YouTube alone, the 14 channels affected by the dispatch can generate up to US$2.9 million a year in revenue - around R$15 million.

The Federal Police (PF) has identified a criminal scheme that, according to investigations, turned the dissemination of lies about the ballot boxes into a profitable business.

The PF analyzed the TSE inquiry that investigates the attacks without evidence made by President Jair Bolsonaro that there is fraud in the elections. One of these attacks took place in a live with the Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres. Bolsonaro has also threatened democracy by not holding the 2022 elections.

"The investigated have questioned the institutions without any concrete support, questioning the safety and reliability of electronic voting machines, attacking the image of the Electoral Justice - undermining the population's democracy and trust in institutions, the Judiciary cannot be lenient when the destabilization of democracy and institutions has been recurrently carried out, making use of illicit practices”, said Luis Felipe Salomão.

Page canceled from monetization

Among the pages that will no longer be able to receive amounts from the companies that manage the social networks are the channels Jornal da Cidade, Folha Politics, TáOquei and Terça Livre, the Nas Ruas page and the profile of blogger Oswaldo Eustáquio. The order limits the monetization of content on platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, Kwai and TikTok. The measure has already started to take effect, and all earnings obtained by the accused will be transferred to an Electoral Court account.