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"textContent": "submitted by Onyx376 to privacy\n37 points | 4 comments\n\n\n**Video link:** www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kje5jRdpCg [8:26] (Amost all videos on the channel have links associated with Proton)\n\nPaulo Figueiredo, grandson of General João Baptista Figueiredo, **the last Brazilian president during the military dictatorship** , is a **far-right coup-supporting influencer considered a fugitive** and currently residing in the USA. **He is accused of participating in the attempted coup d’état of January 8, 2023, in Brazil** , **of working with US authorities to punish Brazilian officials for the legal proceedings against former coup-supporting president Jair Bolsonaro** , and is a target of the fake news inquiry, which investigates, among other crimes, **plans to assassinate politicians and judges of the Brazilian Supreme Court**.\n\nThe influencer was a business partner of Donald Trump, a relationship that led to his arrest in the US **for involvement in a bribery scheme at BRB (a state-owned bank in the Brazilian capital)**.\n\nFigueiredo is selling a course on politics and history **aligned with far-right ideas** , having offered it to seven congressmen who support Jair Bolsonaro, **a staunch defender of the Brazilian military dictatorship financed by the USA** , on the eve of Trump’s inauguration for a second term in January 2025.\n\n**This is not “plurality.” This is not “respecting the other side.” It is the normalization of figures who should be unanimously considered criminals for attacking democratic institutions and freedoms.**\n\nGiven all this **“operational error”** by Proton’s sponsors, I see that any user with democratic awareness on some internet privacy forum seems to be better than their global communications team.\n\n**THIS EXCUSE DOESN’T WORK!**",
"title": "**ANOTHER SCANDAL:** PROTON ALSO SPONSORS FUGITIVE PAULO FIGUEIREDO, A FAR-RIGHT INFLUENCER FROM BRAZIL"
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