On January 14, the federal government took its final blow: a viral video of right-wing Congressman Nikolas Ferreira criticizing the increased monitoring of financial transactions and saying that, although the new regulation would not tax Pix transactions, he "does not doubt" that the payment method could eventually be taxed. On the one side, disinformation campaigns explored people’s fears and concerns, and how dependable they are on digital public services: a study from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro found that, within 1,770 fraudulent posts on Facebook and Instagram, 949 made reference to the brand of Gov.br, the federal government’s platform that enables access to most digital public services.