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93% of news websites in Brazil are vulnerable to AI-driven data collection

"Nine out of 10 news websites in Brazil lack protocols to prevent data collection by artificial intelligence companies, allowing their content to be used to train large language models. According to the study 'The Protocol Gap,' released this Thursday (March 12, 2026), 93% of the 4,025 news websites in the country analyzed do not have […]

Brazil Supreme Court justice orders search and seizure of journalist's residence after article on fellow judge

"Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a search and seizure at the residence of Maranhão journalist Luis Pablo Conceição Almeida, known as Luis Pablo. Moraes ordered the seizure of cell phones and a laptop after the publication of reports in which Luis Pablo pointed out the alleged irregular use of an official vehicle belonging […]

Brazilian journalist is verbally assaulted during football final

"Last Sunday afternoon, the 9th, coverage of the classic match between Internacional and Grêmio, for the final of the Gaucho Championship, began with an episode of hostility against the press. Journalist Alice Bastos Neves, presenter for RBS TV, was the target of verbal abuse from a fan in the stands of the Beira-Rio stadium in […]

Lula loses case against journalist who compared him to ‘the devil’

Brazil “President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lost a lawsuit he had filed against former Globo journalist Luís Ernesto Lacombe, who published a video in 2024 comparing the politician to 'the devil.' The ruling, obtained by VEJA, was issued by Judge Paulo Cerqueira Campos of the Federal District Court of Justice and published in late […]

Journalists in Brazilian State of Amazonas create protocol after surge of violence and threats

"The Union of Professional Journalists in the State of Amazonas (SINJOR/AM) has intensified its monitoring and protection efforts for the profession in the first two months of 2026. On Monday (March 2), at a meeting of the Commission on Violence against Journalists, composed of journalists Isac Sharlon, Henderson Martins, and Alessandra Aline, the entity formalized […]

Brazilian bank owner accused of planning violent attack on newspaper columnist

"In the ruling ordering the arrest of Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro, Supreme Federal Court Justice André Mendonça said there is evidence the banker ordered a robbery to be carried out — or the simulation of a similar scenario — to 'violently assault' GLOBO columnist Lauro Jardim. According to Mendonça, the goal was, through that […]

Case challenging impunity in killing of Brazilian journalist Léo Veras submitted to Inter-American Commission

"On the sixth anniversary of the killing of Brazilian journalist Lourenço 'Léo' Veras, the Institute for Environmental Law and Economics (Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental – IDEA) and Media Defence have submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), concerning the responsibility of the Paraguayan State in relation to his death […]

Court orders removal of journalist’s posts on alleged contract irregularities in Belém, Brazil

"The Union of Journalists of the State of Pará [in Brazil] and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ, by its acronym in Portuguese) publicly condemn the court decisions that censored the reports published by journalist Adriano Wilkson regarding the Municipal Administrative Reform of the Belém City Council […] and the suspicion of overpriced contracts signed […]

Brazilian Supreme Court justice dismisses journalist's complaint related to leaking of judicial messaging

"Supreme Federal Court (STF, for its Portuguese acronym) Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the dismissal of a criminal complaint that sought the opening of an investigation against former Superior Electoral Court (TSE) advisor Eduardo Tagliaferro and bloggers David Ágape and Eli Vieira, linked to the leaking of messages from auxiliary judges of Moraes at the […]

Abraji opens call for panel suggestions for 21st edition of annual Congress

"Professionals, communication students and organizations from all over Brazil can now contribute to the program of the 21st Abraji International Congress of Investigative Journalism. The deadline for submitting panel proposals is Jan. 31, 2026. Suggestions can also be made for Data Sunday, which takes place annually on the last day of the event, and for […]

Brazilian court reverses judgment against journalist and Zero Hora newspaper

"The Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice unanimously overturned the conviction of journalist Rosane de Oliveira and the newspaper Zero Hora, of the RBS Group. The decision by the 9th Civil Chamber of the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice (TJRS, for its Portuguese acronym), on Nov. 26, annulled the conviction that required […]