Beatriz Kira

Affiliation: Department of Law, University of Sao Paulo

Specialization: Law and technology, misinformation regulation, Brazilian digital policy.

Key works

• A Study of Misinformation in WhatsApp groups with a focus on the Brazilian Presidential Elections (with Machado, Narayanan, Kollanyi, Howard) — empirical study of misinformation in WhatsApp during 2018 Brazilian presidential election; analyzes 45,072 shared links and 400 media files; identifies strategic use of messaging platforms for political propaganda.