Brazil's Lula accuses Meta of election interference
The court ordered Meta to explain alleged limits on Lula campaign posts after the campaign said 58 million views were tied to anti-Lula Instagram accounts.
- On Saturday, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court ordered Meta to report within 48 hours whether it reduced the reach of President Lula's campaign posts and to "explain the anomalies in the metrics" of the videos.
- The court's directive followed a complaint from Lula's campaign, which alleged Meta "prevented President Lula's profile from promoting Instagram feed posts" and that his account "experienced an interruption in view counts, which affected its reach."
- Before the October 4 vote, profiles of leftist leaders "suddenly disappeared from Instagram's search function," according to the campaign, which claims these technical issues suggest an attempt to interfere to benefit Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
- Meta's Brazil office denied the allegations, calling them "simply false" and "not supported by the facts," stating that "many of the technical issues mentioned did not affect only Brazil."
- With the October 25 runoff approaching, the Superior Electoral Court aims to resolve transparency concerns regarding platform neutrality before the election, requiring Meta to clarify its content moderation actions.
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Brazil’s Lula accuses Meta of election interference before runoff
Credit: agencia brasilTwo weeks before Brazil’s runoff, Lula’s campaign says Meta quietly buried his posts to help Flavio Bolsonaro. Brazil’s electoral court has demanded answers, and Meta says the claims are simply false.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s team has accused Meta* of interfering in the country’s presidential election, the G1 news portal reported
Algorithms on platforms owned by Meta* allegedly reduced the accessibility of campaign content for users. At the same time, in a comment to the Globo TV channel, the company dismissed the allegations as false.*Banned in Russia, designated as extremist...
The pre-election headquarters of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil accused Meta (recognized extremist in Russia) of interfering in the electoral process on behalf of his rival, Flavio Bolsonar, of which TASS reports, with reference to the G1 news portal, that Lula ' s team intends to apply to the Supreme Electoral Court and file a complaint against Meta with the National Data Protection Office. According to the candidate ' …
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welingelichtekringen.nlThe campaign team of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused Meta of interference in the elections. His social media posts were reportedly blocked from the American tech company's platforms.
The campaign team of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused Meta of interference in the elections. His social media posts were reportedly blocked on the platforms of the American tech company.
The team of the campaign of the President of Brazil and candidate for re-election, Lula da Silva, accused on Saturday the company of technology and social networks Meta, of "interferences", claiming blocks of its contents
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