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The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Brazil (TSE) decided last night to accept a request from the Workers Party (PT) to open an investigation into the alleged purchase of anti-spam packages by affiliated companies in the far right campaign Jair Bolsonaro. PT by WhatsApp
TSE Inspector General Jorge Mussi announced that the decision would be notified to Bolsonaro, who will have five days to report back to the issue. However, the magistrate rejected the PT's request to withdraw the candidate's political rights and impose provisional measures.
This step came one day after the So Paulo Folha newspaper reported that some Bolsonaro-related companies were "buying", for about 3.2 million US dollars, packets of messages against the PT and its candidate for the presidential, Fernando Haddad, will be sent "en mbade" and by the millions, via the platform.
The WhatsApp messaging service announced yesterday, this has eliminated "hundreds of thousands" of Brazilian business accounts suspected of spreading fake messages on the PT.
WhatsApp baderted that an investigation was underway to identify "other sources of spam and misinformation during elections". [19659002] It is confirmed that the companies worked for Bolsonaro, it will be a violation of the Election Financing Regulations. Since 2015, companies have been prohibited from donating to the elections.
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