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Explore claims publishers have checked about elections & voting. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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Boatos.orgElections & voting

É proibido usar camisa da seleção brasileira no dia das eleições

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a supposed TSE ban on voters wearing Brazil’s national-team shirt on October 2, 2022, the first round of the elections. The article says the rumor circulated in messages suggesting the measure was intended to prevent voters from being identified as supporters of Jair Bolsonaro. It also reproduces versions of the message that blurred a claim about voters with discussion of whether election workers, or poll workers, might be restricted from wearing the shirt. The article reports that the rumor followed media speculation about the shirts and a movement to request restrictions on poll workers. It characterizes that discussion as speculation, not an adopted rule. For its decisive evidence, the review cites Gralha Confere, the TRE-PR fact-checking service, which stated that the claim of a ban was false and that voters could express political preferences individually and silently through clothing, including shirts. The article further says that the election regulations did not provide for a ban on Brazil-team shirts. It therefore concludes that the TSE had not prohibited voters from wearing them on election day. The distinction matters: the article describes a request or speculation concerning poll workers, but that was not evidence of a rule barring voters from wearing the shirt.

dpa-factcheckingElections & voting

Videos von Bolsonaro-Anhängern haben Zusammenhang mit aktuellem Wahlkampf in Brasilien

Publisher’s rating: Eines der Videos im Facebook-Beitrag ist nicht aktuell. Es wurde nicht im Wahlkampf, sondern bereits am 7. September 2021 aufgenommen.

The Facebook post suggested that videos showing supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro were from the country’s approaching presidential campaign. The investigation found that the videos did not all have the same timing: one predated the 2022 campaign, while the other two showed campaign events. The distinction matters because the post grouped the clips together under a campaign-related framing. [S1: “In den sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Videos von Anhängern des Amtsinhabers Jair Bolsonaro. Handelt es sich dabei um Wahlkampfveranstaltungen, wie der Facebook-Post («In Brasilien sind bald Wahlen») vermuten lässt?”; “Die beiden weiteren Videos im Facebook-Beitrag stammen tatsächlich aus dem derzeit laufenden Wahlkampf.”] For the older clip, the review reports using reverse image searches of frames to find earlier appearances on social platforms. It says the video was already circulating on 7 September 2021, Brazil’s Independence Day, and showed Bolsonaro supporters at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. It also reports that the oldest located upload was recorded shortly before 1:30 p.m. local time, based on information in the page source code. [S1: “Mit einer Bilderrückwärtssuche von Bildausschnitten des Videos lässt sich ermitteln, dass es bereits am 7. September 2021, dem Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeit Brasiliens, auf diversen Social-Media-Plattformen kursierte.”; “Es zeigt Anhänger des Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro am berühmten Copacabana-Strand in Rio de Janeiro.”; “Das älteste gefundene Video wurde am 7. September 2021 kurz vor 13.30 Uhr Lokalzeit von Rio de Jeneiro aufgenommen, wie sich im Quellcode ermitteln lässt.”] The review places the footage against the campaign timeline: the 2022 presidential campaign officially began in mid-August, about six weeks before the election. It identifies the two other clips as a gathering at nearly the same Rio location on 7 September 2022 and a Bolsonaro event in Brasília that same day. Thus, the post’s campaign implication fits those two clips, but not the clip traced to 2021. [S1: “Der Wahlkampf für die diesjährigen Präsidentschaftswahlen begann offiziell Mitte August 2022, sechs Wochen vor der Wahl.”; “Eines wurde genau ein Jahr später, am Unabhängigkeitstag im Jahr 2022, fast an derselben Stelle in Rio de Janeiro aufgenommen. Das zweite Video entstand bei einer Kundgebung Bolsonaros in der Hauptstadt Brasília ebenfalls am 7. September 2022.”]