The (National Institute of Social Security) surpassed in messenger groups other topics of national amplitude, such as the health of () in the weeks when the possibility of amnesty those involved in the.
The theme also pulled more discussion compared to at the time it took place, reveals quest research from April 21 to May 7.
Through an automated platform, the Research Institute collected about 3.6 million messages on WhatsApp, Discord and Telegram that directly quoted the theme. 30 thousand public groups accompanied by Quaest were considered. The analysis was made from a methodology called Social Listening, in which conversations are monitored to identify trends and feelings.
The result shows that 50% of the messages had critical lines. With the highest proportion, news appears on the theme (47%). Only 3% of the content was classified as defense to the Government (PT). Quaest estimates that messages reached an average of 818,000 people a day in public groups.
It promoted illegal discounts on the benefits of retirees and pensioners by associations and unions. According to, the sum of discounted values from 2019 to 2024 reaches R $ 6.3 billion. The illegal percentage will still be determined.
The operation that investigates the scheme was by CGU (Comptroller General of the Union) and PF. The event generated the first peak of messages, according to Quaest. He was followed by two other peaks, one on April 29, motivated by PF report, and another on May 6, mobilized from a video of the federal deputy (PL-MG).
According to the consultancy, the video boosted a 204% increase in the mentions in 24 hours. The publication corresponded to 20% of all shared links on the topic, including news.
The drive was superior to another video made by the deputy in the case of PIX surveillance. In January, the matter in the midst of a wave of misinformation about taxation that generated crisis for the Lula administration.
According to the QUEST survey, the comparison of the first 15 days of repercussion of the two cases shows a 2.6 times higher message volume in the INSS episode.
The theme also surpassed interest in the health of former President Bolsonaro and amnesty, in this second case.
According to Quaest, forgiveness to those involved on January 8 has mobilized the groups little in recent days, including the right.
For Felipe Nunes, Quo’s social scientist and CEO, research on message platforms helps identify “silent collective behavior” and sometimes invisible to “naked eye.”
“When something matters and mobilizes the population, it appears very clearly in the messenger groups, which are safe spaces to give their opinion without appearing. While the amnesty has never been able to protagonism in the menu of interest to people, the INSS deviations quickly gained the attention and curiosity of the population.”
According to him, “it remains to be seen if, like the so -called blouses taxation and Pix, the INSS will or will no longer be a popularity detractor for the government.”
In the case of INSS fraud, the messages at first had an above all news content, the research points out. After the PF report was released, however, the mentions began to have a more political nature.
“In right -wing groups, the possible involvement of Lula’s brother in the scheme to accuse the president of corruption was the main theme. The messages recalled scandals from previous governments and resurrected terms such as ‘Luladrão’. In addition, Bolsonarists blame Lula and the PT for an alleged revocation of the Antifreudes law that had been sanctioned by Bolsonaro,” says Quaest report.
Known as Friar Chico, Lula’s brother José Ferreira da Silva is vice president of Sindnapi (National Union of Retirees, Pensioners and Elderly of Força Sindical), an entity investigated by the CGU and the Federal Police in the case.
The subsequent entity of associations considered as the “core of the fraud scheme” in action filed by the AGU (Attorney General of the Union).
Regarding the other point of the message, according to the check initiative, it is not true that Lula has overthrown the law to combat fraud santed by Bolsonaro.
