Overview
- On Thursday, July 30, 2026 Janja told Grupo Meio Norte that she is “prepared psychologically” for attacks and that she has been a “preferred target” of opponents since the 2022 election.
- She said that intense press backlash after a May 2025 meeting in China — where she raised TikTok and cited the death of eight‑year‑old Sarah Raíssa Pereira de Castro — briefly made her consider withdrawing from public events.
- Janja repeated her call for regulation of digital platforms, arguing that recommendation algorithms amplify and monetize hate speech directed at women and drive harmful viral challenges affecting children and teens.
- The first lady pressed for a formal support structure for her office, noting the Brazilian first‑lady role has no constitutional duties or salary and comparing existing institutional models used in the United States and some African countries.
- Her statements put gendered media attacks, platform moderation and the shape of the first‑lady’s public work on the 2026 campaign agenda and could spur political debate over new rules for social networks and official backing for the presidential spouse.