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After Failing to Comply with the TSE Rule, X Changes the Algorithm and Blocks the Recommendation of Candidates

Summary by CartaCapital
Electoral Justice prohibits platforms to promote political accounts for users who do not follow them

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Minister André Mendonça of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) gave a 24-hour deadline for the X to inform the Court how the mechanism adopted by the platform works to prevent candidates' publications from being recommended to users who do not follow their profiles during the election period. The decision was taken after the coalition of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) pointed out a possible failure in the system announced by the social …

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Electoral Justice prohibits platforms to promote political accounts for users who do not follow them

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Action by the coalition "Brazil Ready for More" questions the effectiveness of the platform in preventing the display of profiles of candidates not followed by users; Mendonça gave 24 hours

Mendance collects explanations from X about supposed filter failure created to prevent the recommendation of candidate profiles on the tab.

·Curitiba, Brazil
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Mechanism should exclude candidates' posts from the recommendation of the tab ‘For You who do not follow them, but would have left out 1,559 accounts registered in Electoral Justice; ‘Estadão ̈ seeks contact with the platform

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Minister André Mendonça gives 24 hours to social network clarify selective application that generates imbalance between candidates

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CartaCapital broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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