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The number of people (size of a crowd) at a protest or march is seen as an indicator of its success, and a proxy indicator for general public support of the cause. As a result, these figures are hotly contested, with often unreliable estimates provided by authorities and/or protest organizers themselves. New technologies promise to provide more empirical counts.

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Estimativa de Público – Manifestação de 25 de fevereiro de 2024 em São Paulo

Estimativa de Público – Manifestação de 25 de fevereiro de 2024 em São Paulo

Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.

https://restofworld.org/2024/ai-crowd-size-brazil/