DEMOCRACY IN DANGER: FROM FAKE NEWS TO ABUSE OF POLITICAL POWER

This article aims to demonstrate the need to strengthen democratic institutions and empower citizens to prevent the far right from co-opting and destabilizing society, bringing about social chaos and promoting conformity to the actions and ideas of a single leader. The hypothetical-deductive method is used in this research. The following themes are addressed: democracy, politics, electoral justice, electronic voting, the role of the far right, and digital militias. Possible conclusions include: Maintaining democracy in Brazil requires a strong and efficient electoral justice system to prevent candidates from leveraging political power to secure re-election or appoint their successors. The State must rigorously combat digital militias and enact specific laws to criminalize their activities, as well as individual actions that use social media to spread terror in society. There must be greater regulation of social media to prevent its misuse in committing crimes against individuals, vulnerable people, and minority groups in society