“According to the Federal Police (PF), advertising executive Thiago Miranda, of communications agency MiThi and a partner at Portal Léo Dias, allegedly coerced and intimidated two journalists and an investment consultant at the behest of former banker Daniel Vorcaro [who is in prison as part of a massive financial fraud investigation]. The information was revealed […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) expresses concern over a recent episode of judicial harassment brought by the Federation of Industries of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Fiems) against journalists at MidiaMax. In recent weeks, 15 criminal lawsuits were filed against reporters, editors and the outlet’s co-founder over publications covering investigations and […]
"Women accounted for the majority of online attacks targeting journalists during the initial weeks of the 2026 electoral campaign. Monitoring identified misogynistic aggression in which attempts to delegitimize news reporting were combined with gender-based insults directed at female professionals. Between August 16 and September 12, the Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor), in partnership with […]
“The ICL Notícias columnist Juliana Dal Piva was the journalist who faced the most online attacks on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) between Aug. 30 and Sept. 12, according to monitoring of attacks on the press during Brazil's 2026 elections by the Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor, by its acronym in Portuguese). […] […]
"The newsroom at the media outlet Tapajós de Fato spent part of this year defining its coverage agenda and seeking funding to cover the [Brazil's] 2026 elections. But threats and episodes of violence led the site, based in [the city of] Santarém, in western Pará state, to abandon the project before publishing its first report. […]
"On Wednesday evening (Sept. 9), the Instagram account of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) was targeted in hacking attempts following the publication on Sept. 8 of a statement supporting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection. For security reasons, the platform was forced to take the organization’s profile offline. In the statement, titled 'Consistent […]
"In a context in which political coverage has become central to public debate and mobilized different groups on social media, hostility toward the press has also gained ground. This is according to monitoring conducted by the Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor) in partnership with the Laboratory of Internet and Data Science (Labic) at the […]
“Abraji [Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism] condemns the censorship imposed through a court ruling ordering the removal from the internet of an ICL Notícias report that included an audio message sent by federal lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira to [imprisoned banker] Daniel Vorcaro. In the audio message, sent in March 2025, Ferreira asks the banker to intervene […]
"Journalist Scheila Bernardes, a native of the municipality of Brumado and host of Jornal da Manhã on Rádio Cultura FM in the city of Luís Eduardo Magalhães, in western Bahia, has been the target of numerous attacks on social media and in person. The situation escalated to the point that the journalist sought judicial protection. […]
"The Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor) expresses deep concern over decisions issued in Representation No. 0600488-32.2026.6.02.0000 by the Regional Electoral Court of Alagoas [a state in Brazil], which ordered the removal of an article titled 'Leaked messages point to offer of money to students to attend political event with Rep. Rafael Brito (MDB)' and […]
"Journalist and writer Fernando Morais has taken legal action against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, over the alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted content. According to CartaCapital magazine, the author of works including 'Olga' and 'Chatô: O Rei do Brasil' argued that the platform is capable of reproducing content from books he wrote. The lawsuit initially […]
"Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a search and seizure targeting former state secretary Raimundo Cutrim, identified in the decision as the source for journalist Luís Pablo in reports about STF Justice Flávio Dino. […] The journalist was himself the target of a search and seizure in March, after publishing reports alleging […]