Terça Livre
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| Type | Website |
|---|---|
| Format | Blog |
| Staff writers | Allan Lopes dos Santos e Italo Lorenzon Neto |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ceased publication | 23 October 2021 |
| Website | www |
Terça Livre (in English: Free Tuesday) was a Brazilian news portal[1] maintained by Allan Lopes dos Santos and Italo Lorenzon Neto. The channel gained notoriety in the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections for its proximity with the then PSL candidate and later Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro[2] and by producing content aligned with conservatism and right ideas.[3][4][5][6][7]
Terça Livre was suspended on Twitter[8] and ended on YouTube for violation of the terms of use of these platforms.[9][5] On February 12, 2020, it obtained an injunction from the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo to recover his YouTube account[10] and returned to the air on March 2, 2021.[5]
The site is involved in the CPMI das Fake News (Fake News Joint Congressional Inquiry Committee)[11][12][13] through accusations by parliamentarians of fake news proliferation.[11] Allan dos Santos denies the accusations that he was linked to Jair Bolsonaro or that he was spreading false news.[14]
The portal defined itself as the largest conservative portal outside the United States.[4] In April 2021, the channel Terça Livre TV had 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube. According to a survey by the verification agency Aos Fatos published on February 4, 2021, Terça Livre is the largest pocket TV channel on Telegram with the largest number of subscribers, the largest number of views, the largest number of published posts and the highest average of views per post.[15]
On October 23, 2021, after the Brazilian Federal police issued an arrest warrant against Allan Dos Santos, who is currently living as an expatriate in the United States, Italo Lorenzon, one of the website's co-founders, announced that they would be ceasing activities, claiming censorship and lack of financial support as the main reasons behind the closure.[16]
The portal was created in 2014 by Allan dos Santos with the aim of defending conservatism.[17]
The portal gained notoriety in the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections for its proximity to the family of Jair Bolsonaro.[2] The site became known for following Olavo de Carvalho's ideas[18][19] and defending the right,[4][5][6] remaining as one of the most popular platforms in the defense of Bolsonaro and of the Brazilian right.[3][4][5][6]
In January 2019, he obtained free traffic conditions in the inauguration of President Jair Bolsonaro alongside other media outlets such as Brasil Paralelo and Political Connection, while journalists from various vehicles reported limitations on the work of journalistic coverage of the inauguration, including regarding food, bathroom and access to authorities and sources.[20] According to a survey by Poder360, with data from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020, Terça Livre was the sixth press agency with which Bolsonaro most met, having held 4 meetings recorded on the official agenda.[21]
Allan dos Santos, however, denies that he has a connection with Jair Bolsonaro[14] and declared in a testimony to the CPMI of Fake News that, being the "owner of the largest conservative portal in Latin America", he does not receive "any cent from the government".[17]