DDIA answers ten questions about the 2026 Brazilian elections.

Between August 16 and September 28, Project VigIA, led by Agência Lupa, collected 1,941 pieces of political content suspected of using AI circulating across social media and messaging apps. Researchers analyzed 972 of them and confirmed 920 as AI-generated or manipulated

With Brazil’s first-round presidential vote days away, Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro are confronting controversies that have moved the campaign beyond traditional policy disputes: from religious disinformation and distorted statements to allegations involving expensive gifts and a politically explosive fight over online betting.

Brazil heads into Sunday’s presidential election in an incredibly polarized political environment shaped by high levels of rejection for the two leading candidates. Brazilian intelligence and media have warned about possible U.S. influence or interference.

The tool bases responses on facts and official government documents. In doing so, it pushes back on various Trump-backed misinformation claims about immigration and elections.

Even as four prominent Latino MAGA influencers took split stances on the issue, majority of comments on their posts suggest wide disapproval of the deal, and U.S.-Venezuela policy.

As the U.S. marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks last week, 9/11 was repurposed as a midterm political talking point, and in some cases, as a means for attacking candidates online. Key Republicans, like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, are falsely or misleadingly portraying Muslim and progressive Democratic candidates as anti-American or sympathetic to terrorism

As diesel and gasoline prices hit new highs, Spanish-language conversations on messaging apps and social media platforms show U.S. Latinos increasingly connect pain at the pump to higher food, transportation, and household costs, as well as to frustration over U.S. foreign policy