This paper analyses the spread of misinformation in the context of 2018 Brazilian elections. We give a general overview of the Brazilian political context, its media ecosystem and the weaponisation of the country’s most popular messaging app, WhatsApp, as a political persuasion tool. The current architecture of the platform does not allow, once
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Personalised political messaging undermines voter autonomy and the electoral process. Use of voter analytics for political communication must be regulated.