Skip to content W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... You are in: Home Page > Brazil > **Photo shows founders of Lupa, who is an agency created to censor the right on Facebook #rumor** # Photo shows founders of Lupa, which is an agency created to censor right on Facebook #rumor * Brazil * 08/20/2020 *by Kyene Becker ![\\"Photo](\\" founders-of-Lupa-which-is-an-agency-created-to-censor-the-right-wing-in- Facebook-diz-boato.jpg\\") Rumor – Lupa's founding couple appears in an image. Agency was created to censor right-wing conservatives on Facebook. That we at Boatos.org are here every day denying fake news and Speaking about the most diverse subjects, this is true. That, after 2018 elections in Brazil, most of our denials involve politics, this is also true. That a lot of people don't like ours denied and loves to attack us on social media, this is undeniable. But it seems that we have reached the peak of our work as information checkers. Today, we are going to talk about other fact-checking services here in Brazil. More specifically about fake news related to a security checker Brazilian information: Agência Lupa. According to a story circulating on social media, “founders of Agência Lupa”, Gilberto Scofield and his husband Rodrigo Mello, would be censoring “posts and content” published by conservatives of right on Facebook. Still according to the publication, the most “recent and mediocre censorship” by Agência Lupa was to state that the story that the STF had removed Bolsonaro's rights over the management of states and municipalities during the pandemic. Check out the message circulating online: _“DO YOU KNOW LUPA AGENCY? THE ONE WHO BLOCKS OUR POSTS ON FACEBOOK? Those in the photo they are... These are Gilberto Scofield and his husband Rodrigo Mello, Left Wing Militants, LGBT Activists and Anti Bolsonaristas, founders of LUPA checking agency, which has recently been censoring most content posted by right-wing conservatives, claiming to be false. THE LUPA's most recent and mediocre censorship was to say that: "The statement that the $TF took away Bolsonaro's rights over the management of States and Municipalities in this Pandemic”… In other words, can you understand it or do you need to draw it? From the page by Henrique Aquino De Mattos Valle.”_ ## Photo shows founders of Lupa, which is an agency created to censor right on Facebook? The publication was a hit on social media and mobilized many internet users. But does this story that a photo shows the founders of Lupa, a agency that was created to censor right-wing conservatives on Facebook is real? It is not! Let's get to the details! To begin with, the publication follows that old and famous fake news script on the internet. The publication is vague, extremely alarmist, has Portuguese errors, has no request for sharing – but the post, in itself, is a way of trying to expose the people mentioned – and it does not mention reliable sources. As we mentioned above, criticism of our work and attacks on social networks are not lacking. They range from insults in comments, labels from “leftists or rightists” (depending on the denial) to the exposure of our personal profiles as a form of retaliation. What a lot of people don't know (or understand) is that a journalist having an X or Y position in his personal life is not It changes, IN NO WAY, our work methodology. We follow calculation criteria very rigid and precise, we investigate everything until we arrive at reports or data official (or other credible sources) and we are based on journalistic ethics that we have assumed since receiving our journalism diplomas. This all because we want to bring quality information to our readership. No We are here to have fun and much less to get rich. So, you can be carefree about us getting money to defend X side or side Y. This does not exist. If you still have doubts, you can read a text that We produced about fake news for CPMI talking about our methodology. That said, let's get to today's denial. Right away, we already have something to say: life personal and political positioning of those mentioned is of no interest to anyone. In addition Furthermore, even looking for information about Gilberto and Rodrigo, we did not find no evidence that shows that they are anti-Bolsonaro activists, leftists and blablablá (mimimi). To top it off, even the “non-opinionated” information is completely mistaken. Gilberto and Rodrigo are not the founders of Lupa. The real Founder is journalist Cristina Tardáguila. After all the confusion, she pronounced on social media and released the word. She clarified that the Agency Lupa (like other checking sites) does not censor, but checks information. It also highlighted any complaints about Facebook should be forwarded to social network. There is UNACCEPTABLE misinformation going on. Gilberto and Rodrigo ARE NOT the founders of @agentialupa. I AM. Lupa doesn't censor anything. Check. (If you Have a problem with FB, complain there). The fact that the two are a beautiful couple and have a beautiful family is motivating hate. We also contacted Gilberto Scofield who denied the entire history. According to Gilberto, he holds the position of business director and strategy at Agência Lupa and is not the “founder” of Lupa. Her husband, Rodrigo Mello, is a real estate agent and has nothing to do with the agency. Gilberto too explained that he did not found Agência Lupa and that the supposed censorship, in fact, is a disinformation seal imposed by Facebook. In this way, the agency does not It has to do with publications that are taken down. It is clearly an attack of hate speech as the elections approach. Neither My husband, Rodrigo de Mello, and I are founders of Lupa, an agency that was founded, in fact, by journalist Cristina Tardáguila in 2015, how can it be proven in company documents. I am director of business and strategy from the agency and my husband is a real estate agent. Furthermore, Agência Lupa does not block posts on Facebook. She checks content and classifies them as true, false, exaggerated, etc. following methodology that is based on official databases, documents, laws, scientific studies. All checks can be monitored by readers, who are the agency's checkers. Who decides whether content should receiving a warning about your level of misinformation is Facebook itself. AND only Facebook. Finally, the complaint about Lupa's checking related to the STF, Bolsonaro and Covid-19 also does not happen. Boatos.org denied the story that the STF would have prevented President Jair Bolsonaro from fighting the pandemic. In reality, the STF's decision did not prevent Bolsonaro from fighting the pandemic. THE decision prevented Bolsonaro from decreeing the end of quarantine in the states and was motivated by several irresponsible actions by the president. In other words: it only prevented the president of hindering the fight against the pandemic. The federal government can continue fighting the disease as you wish, but you could not prevent states and municipalities adopt stricter restrictive measures and, like every person sensible, you know, important to combat Covid-19. In short: the story that says a photo shows the founders of Lupa, agency that censors posts by right-wing conservatives on Facebook is fake! Gilberto and Rodrigo, mentioned in the story, have nothing to do with the founding of the agency. Lupa was created by journalist Cristina Tardáguila. Gilberto is business director at Agência Lupa and Rodrigo is a real estate broker (and it has nothing to do with the company). Furthermore, the “censorship” described in The story has nothing to do with Lupa, but rather with a Facebook strategy to reduce the number of false content on the network. In other words, who decides whether or not classifying the publication as false is Facebook itself. Finally, the complaint against the check involving the STF and the president is not pertinent. Bolsonaro was not prevented from fighting Covid-19 in the country, but rather prevented from hinder states and municipalities from adopting restrictive measures to combat pandemic. In other words, everything is a mix of unfounded rumors. Until next time! Ps.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. 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DO YOU KNOW AGENCY LUPA THE ONE WHO BLOCKS OUR POSTS ON FACEBOOK Those in the photo are them