; Whereas, in the days leading up to Brazil’s Presidential elections, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube directed many online users seeking basic election-related information toward groups pushing claims that question the integrity of the vote or openly agitating for a military coup; Whereas there are multiple layers of security to prevent fraud errors, including the testing of hundreds of machines on election day to ensure votes are recorded correctly, having each polling station publicly post vote counts to ensure they match up with the national tally, having outside experts inspect some of the source code of the machines’ software, and ensuring machines are not connected to the internet, significantly reducing the chances of a hack; Whereas, despite this lack of evidence of election fraud, supporters of former President Bolsonaro blocked roads across the country, scuffled with police, and continued demonstrating outside of military barracks, urging a military intervention in order to prevent Lula from taking office; Whereas Bolsonaro arrived in Florida in late December, skipping the January 1, 2023, swearing-in of Lula, who became the first elected Brazilian President not to receive the Presidential sash from his predecessor since democracy was restored in 1985; Whereas, on January 8, 2023, hundreds of supporters of former President Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress of Brazil, the Palácio do Planalto (presidential palace), and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, and many claimed they wanted the Brazilian military to restore Bolsonaro to power and oust newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Whereas hundreds of protesters began to riot by using heavy metal objects to force their way into the buildings, smashing windows, setting fires, ransacking offices, destroying furniture and computers, scaling the building, and waving flags and banners in support of Bolsonaro