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A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: disinformation
While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Jorge and other officials say hidden actors behind the postings are exploiting the crisis to undermine trust in the government.
Among fake postings that have stirred outrage are that official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmos... [6020 chars]
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