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Michele Prado
@micheleprado.bsky.social
Baiana. 🇧🇷
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
The Sin@is Project of our Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul has won 1st place in the Public Prosecutor’s Office Best Practices Award.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
✨ Palestra incrível do projeto Sin@is - NUPVE-MPRS- na linda cidade de Santa Rosa/RS, no dia 11/11, durante o XVIII Simpósio de Direito Contemporâneo, coordenado pela Dra. Bianca Diehl, com apoio da FEMA e das Faculdades Integradas Machado de Assis.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social

With a beautiful dedication ❤️

I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.

We can make the world safer

🇧🇷🫱🏻‍🫲🏼🍁
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
An incredible lecture by Marc, followed by another presentation by researcher Leonardo Moser from FIRS on how antisemitism serves as a driver of Extreme Violence.

Missions accomplished ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Amazing days full of exchange and learning for the P/CVE (Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism) and CT (Counterterrorism) fields in 🇧🇷 with the brilliant Canadian researcher @maargentino.com
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I am deeply grateful to my friend @maargentino.com for accepting my invitation and being here in Brazil with us.
Next Monday, we’ll have another seminar with members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul (MPRS) and public security and law enforcement agents at CEAF-MPRS. 🙏🏼
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
And the closing session featured Senator Alessandro Vieira, in an incredible and thoughtful conversation about our challenges and gaps in this field.
Also present, as my guest, was the mother of Nicolly Pogere, the young girl who was murdered in July by a couple of teenagers also radicalized online.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Delegate Dr. Lisandra Colabuono, from the Digital Environment Operations Unit (NOAD) of the São Paulo Civil Police, and Judge Dr. Vanessa Cavallieri, from the Juvenile Court of Rio de Janeiro and the “Eu Te Vejo” Protocol, also took part.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I, together with Prosecutor Dr. Fábio Costa Pereira, coordinator of NUPVE, the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul, participated alongside the Federal Police’s Cyber Hate Crime Unit, represented by Delegate Dr. Pedro Melo.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
After lunch, we continued with the panel that, for the first time, brought together all the institutions on the front lines: the Public Prosecutor’s Office (NUPVE-MPRS), URCOD–Federal Police, NOAD–Civil Police of São Paulo, and a Judge.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
He opened the seminar.
Then came our academic panel with me, Dr. Telma Vinha, and researcher Ricardo Cabral Penteado, who presented both the fantastic project from his doctoral thesis, BRECHO, and data from our report mapping Brazilian neo-Nazi NSBM bands.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The 1st International Seminar on the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism and Online Terrorism in 🇧🇷 was incredible.
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
📍 10 de novembro — Centro de Aperfeiçoamento Pessoal do Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul / Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema – NUPVE/MPRS — seminário fechado, restrito a membros do Ministério Público, instituições de segurança pública, forças de aplicação da lei e convidados. PoA/RS
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Muito feliz em receber no Brasil o querido amigo e brilhante pesquisador Dr. Marc-André Argentino para dois seminários interdisciplinares dedicados à compreensão das dinâmicas de propagação do extremismo violento online e das ameaças híbridas emergentes,
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Enquanto alguns promovem apologia ao terrorismo online, seguimos firmes no trabalho árduo pela prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento entre crianças e adolescentes.

Ontem foi um dia intenso de trabalho com nossa equipe do NUPVE-MPRS e a direção do Roblox +
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Stop Hate Brasil esteve ontem representada pelo colaborador - pesquisador de terrorismo- Heron Lopes, no evento do "EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation", em Bruxelas, promovido pela União Europeia 🙌🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 +
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
unidos pela prevenção da radicalização online e do extremismo violento.

Protegendo juntos nossas crianças e adolescentes. 💙

#ProjetoSinais #NUPVEMPRS #Prevenção #Segurança #Educação #ContraExtremismos
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mais 2 missões cumpridas 🙏🏼
O NUPVE-MPRS agradece à Universidade Passo Fundo (Campus Carazinho) e ao município de Não-Me-Toque pelo acolhimento nas palestras do Projeto Sin@is 💻✨
Casas cheias, com gestores, educadores, forças de segurança e aplicação da lei e redes de proteção
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I had a long conversation with journalist Paula Ferreira about the exploitation and victimization of minors in digital environments.
I recommend this reading for all parents and caregivers, and to always pay close attention to the signs.
Do your part, because there is no silver bullet.
August 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
WOW! 📢BR-ECHO: iniciativa pioneira de Prevenção e Combate ao Extremismo Violento com foco em português brasileiro, idioma sub-representado na moderação de conteúdos extremistas 🇧🇷💻

O pesquisador brasileiro Ricardo Cabral Penteado, colaborador da Stop Hate Brasil e coautor +
August 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The operation resulted in the preventive arrest of a Brazilian national, identified online by the username “Eric”, a member of the violent and sadistic transnational Com/764 network (Com Network).
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📢 ARREST OF BRAZILIAN VIOLENT NIHILIST EXTREMIST
On August 4th, Operation Tuéris was launched as a joint action between the Nucleus for the Prevention of Extreme Violence (NUPVE) of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the URCOD-FP (Federal Police Unit +
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Everything is escalating too fast.
July 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM