OUR Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) and Spotify announced a mutual agreement on cooperation to combat disinformation. The partnership was signed last Monday (9) and the announcement on Thursday (12). This partnership will last until December 31, 2022 and is aimed at ensuring the legitimacy and integrity of the October elections.

Spotify will help the Electoral Court fight the negative impact of fake news on the electoral process. To this end, it will disseminate credible content, conduct media education and training, and identify and stop instances and practices of disinformation.

The audio streaming platform will provide the resource as a hub for up-to-date information on the electoral process in Brazil. In addition, links leading to the official TSE page will be posted. Spotify will also be responsible for distributing official election-related content and distributing materials about electoral justice services.

Spotify has also opened a communication channel for reporting false content. Thus, it can be parsed according to the rules of the platform. TSE and Regional Electoral Courts (TRE) can also use this channel to send court orders.

Spotify will also be promoting training and capacity building sessions for the TSE and TRE teams on content production best practices. The Tribunal undertakes to provide information and reports on the course of the elections that may be important to Spotify.

Minister Edson Fachin celebrates the partnership

The President of the Higher Electoral Court (TSE), Minister Edson Fachin, noted the partnership between the public body and Spotify.

“The partnership between Electoral Justice and the streaming platform is the result of an ongoing search to contain the spread of so-called fake news that aims to tarnish the legitimacy of the electoral process and the ability of women voters and voters to exercise their conscientious vote. .“, said the TSE President, adding that the initiative is another step by the electoral justice towards ensuring peace and security in elections.

In addition, he also posted a profile of the Supreme Electoral Court on the platform. The Todo Mundo Quer Saber podcast, available for free on Spotify, brings together a series of interviews with digital suffrage professor Diogo Rais.

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Via: TSE, TSE