Brazil's top electoral court has mandated equal treatment for both candidates before the Oct. 25 runoff, giving Meta 24 hours to prove its algorithms are neutral. While Meta attributes these account restrictions to technical glitches, whistleblower Nadia Beller alleges the Bolsonaro family met with Meta to coordinate US-led interference. Protests erupted at Meta's Sao Paulo headquarters after a research study found the platform hosted 1,613 irregular US-funded political ads that generated 171 million views and 2 million reais ($400,000) in revenue.
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Lula Campaign Seeks Annulment of Bolsonaro Candidacy Over Meta Interference
World5 hours ago
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is petitioning Brazilian electoral authorities for the immediate removal of his rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, from the presidential ballots. The request for the annulment of Bolsonaro's candidacy follows internal Meta messages in which employees acknowledged the company restricted the reach of pro-Lula accounts while favoring Bolsonaro's profiles and WhatsApp channels during the first round of voting, which Bolsonaro won by a narrow margin.
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