🔗 DX Special Bulletin #10 – Repercussions of Bolsonaro's conviction and crucial core (12/09/2025)
Final day of trial reaches a peak: the trial of Jair Bolsonaro and other defendants generated unprecedented spikes in digital engagement. The initial peak occurred with Luiz Fux's vote (314 mentions per hour on September 10), but the peak of the week's digital public debate was the conclusion of the trial and the sentencing, which registered 321 mentions per hour on September 11.
The trial of Jair Bolsonaro and other defendants over the past seven days has cemented Justice Alexandre de Moraes as the most visible and polarizing figure, accumulating over 1,5 million mentions. However, September 10th marked a turning point, with Justice Luiz Fux taking center stage. His vote generated a peak of nearly 290 mentions in a single hour, surpassing Justice Moraes's circulation during that period and becoming the focal point of the digital debate. Justice Flávio Dino, although consistently present, had significantly fewer mentions than the others.
🔗 Special DX Bulletin #8 – Fux’s Vote Moves Social Media (10/09/2028 – Morning)
In his explanation of the first part of his vote on the morning of September 10, Supreme Federal Court (STF) Minister Luiz Fux was quickly endorsed by profiles linked to the conservative camp: politicians and influencers from this camp praised the judge's speeches and suggested that the trial should be annulled – ignoring that, at that moment, the discussion focused on procedural issues and nullities, and not on the merits of the accusations. Among the profiles that obtained the greatest reach in mentions of Minister Luíz Fux on September 10, nine are linked to the conservative camp and one to the progressive camp.
🔗 Special Bulletin DX #7 – Supreme Court ruling and smokescreen on social media (09/09/2028)
Conservative camp on social media uses violence in Nepal as an attempt to create a smokescreen for Brazil
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #6 – Repercussion September 7th (04/09 to 07/09/2025)
A struggle over civic vocabulary and symbols: US tariffs and the progressive backlash broke the conservative monopoly on the use of patriotic symbols. Civic vocabulary became a battleground. Progressives began to wield nationalist terms like sovereignty and homeland in narratives of belonging and social justice, while conservatives shifted their rhetoric to the terms freedom, institutional conflict, and the defense of political figures. The exaltation of the American flag by conservative protesters was harshly criticized by progressives, who used it to demonstrate who the "true patriots" were.
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #5 – Amnesty (August 28 to September 08, 04)
Social listening monitoring shows that the progressive camp led the digital dispute over the amnesty bill. There were 7.077 progressive occurrences, compared to 4.153 conservative ones, in addition to 4.626 neutral ones (mostly from the press) and 3.125 hybrid ones. This volume consolidated the slogan #SemAnistiaParaGolpistas (No Amnesty for Coup Plotters) as the dominant narrative, associated with impunity and a threat to democracy. Conservatives, on the other hand, focused their mobilization around slogans like "broad, general, and unrestricted amnesty" and hashtags like #BolsonaroFree, defending the measure as "national pacification" and resistance to the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The hashtag dispute reveals a clear contrast: progressives mobilized rejection and accountability, while conservatives attempted to reframe the amnesty as an act of reconciliation.
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #4 – September 7 (04/09/2025)
The online dispute surrounding calls for Independence Day between the conservative and progressive camps, though small compared to the demonstrations surrounding the coup trial, has grown significantly in the last 24 hours, with hashtags like #ReajeBrasil, among conservatives, and 7SdoPovo, among progressives, calling on citizens to demonstrate on Sunday. For the second day in a row, calls for September 7th received more messages from both the progressive and conservative camps.
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #3 – BOLSONARO TRIAL (04/09/2025)
Bolsonaro's trial has established itself as a focal point of digital political debate, spanning all platforms. Conservatives have maintained the dominant pre-trial narrative and openness, while progressive mobilization has leveled the playing field on the 2nd but has again distanced itself in the last 24 hours. The press has also closely followed the issue, reinforcing the trial's visibility and centrality on the digital agenda.
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #2 – Bolsonaro Trial (03/09/2025)
Bolsonaro's trial was the main topic of the digital debate, with YouTube and X being the most relevant platforms. The conservative camp focused on the narrative of political persecution, using hashtags like #BolsonaroFree, while progressives advocated for accountability with #SemAnistia.
🔗 SPECIAL DX BULLETIN #1 – Bolsonaro Trial (02/09/2025)
The digital repercussions of Bolsonaro's trial and the Núcleo Crucial investigation demonstrate the polarization surrounding the trial, with the hashtags #BolsonaroCondenado, used by the former president's critics, and #BolsonaroFree, used by his supporters. The supporters' hashtag was created as a kind of mirror image of the #LulaLivre campaign. The difference lies in the use of the English "Free" (free in Portuguese) to distance oneself and attempt to project Bolsonaro's cause internationally, even to the White House.
The same polarization is repeated in the calls for demonstrations on September 7, between the terms "Sovereign People" and "React Brazil." Oppositions such as Amnesty versus No Amnesty or Traitor versus Martyr were also recorded.
