Tabata Amaral: In 2016, we did not imagine the scale that WhatsApp would have in our public life.
Tabata Amaral: And now, in 2026, we only know how to talk about AI, which shows how much the world is changing ever faster.
And UOL, as I have already said, not only went through these many transformations and revolutions, but was always at the forefront, doing independent, plural journalism, at scale, with its own technology, and we must acknowledge how much Brazilians have been innovating in the tech sector and also, obviously, with credibility, with respect for Brazilians — a group that assumed the public commitment to democratize access to information.
Tabata Amaral: The role of PagBank, the role of UOL EdTech and the role, once again, of bringing information in a democratized way so that everyone would have access has already been mentioned here.
Tabata Amaral: But it is also up to me to speak a little about this difficult context, not only what Brazilian journalism is going through, but what our democracy is going through, because I know this is a topic very dear to you as well.