Allan dos Santos

Allan dos Santos (born in Nova Iguaçu, state of Rio de Janeiro on July 17, 1983) is a Brazilian conservative journalist.[1]

Allan dos Santos

Dos Santos is currently facing an investigation conducted by the Brazilian Supreme Court regarding allegations of spreading false information, commonly referred to as "fake news." The investigation encompasses not only the dissemination of false information but also potential threats directed toward members of the Court. In October 2021, De Moraes, the judge involved in the case, issued an order for Santos' preventive detention and instructed the Ministry of Justice to immediately commence the extradition process, seeking his return from the United States to Brazil.[2]

Personal life

Allan dos Santos converted to Roman Catholicism from a Baptist Protestant denomination, having become a seminarian at the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Seminary in Brazil. After graduating, in the 2000s, he joined the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, having served this group in the United States, where he worked as a journalist for the Catholic news portal Church Militant, based in the State of Michigan.

Allan dos Santos left the cassock in 2017, got married and is the father of three children.[3]

Media career

In 2014 he started a YouTube channel and blog called Terça Livre (Free Tuesday) after abandoning his religious vocation and discovering a passion for blogging during his travels in the United States. Dos Santos used his blog as a platform to express ultra-conservative views, attacking left-wing politicians and traditional media while advocating against what he perceived as a cultural threat to families. He drew inspiration from Church Militant, a subscription-based blog known for its positions against social-welfare programs, immigration, and abortion.[4]

The channel was shut down by YouTube in 2021 after a request from the Brazilian Supreme Court.[5]

Investigations by the Brazilian Supreme Court showed that Santos may have received public money from government officials in exchange for promoting conspiracy theories targetting their political opponents, which Santos denies.[6] Following the investigations Santos fled to the United States, leading the Brazilian Supreme Court to file a request for him to be extradited back to Brazil.

References
  1. Povo, Gazeta do. "Como está a situação de Allan dos Santos com o STF". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. "Blogger's Telegram channels banned in Brazil as per STF ruling". MercoPress. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  3. https://coletivobereia.com.br/blogueiro-catolico-allan-dos-santos-mente-mais-uma-vez-ao-usar-drama-de-jogador-dinamarques-contra-vacina-da-covid-19/
  4. Ramón, Paula. "The fake-news kingpin of Brazil". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. "Após decisões da Justiça, Terça Livre encerra atividades, diz fundador [23/10/2021]". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  6. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/brazil-bolsonaro-lula-allan-dos-santos.php


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