Brazil's top electoral court fined Meta over election-platform complaints—but never ruled that it deliberately interfered in the vote
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The plenary of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) judges on Tuesday the merit of an action presented by the campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) against Meta, a company responsible for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, for alleged interference in the distribution of political-electoral content during the presidential dispute. The process led the Court to determine, in October, that the platform could not artificially limit the sc…
Brazil's top electoral court fined Meta over election-platform complaints—but never ruled that it deliberately interfered in the vote
Brazil's 2022 election dispute intensified after Lula's campaign accused Meta of bias, prompting court-ordered safeguards and fines, while the company cited technical failures and denied political interference.
Session scheduled for 19h this Tuesday examines charges of restriction of content linked to Lula; Meta admits technical flaws, but denies electoral interference. The post TSE judges action of Lula against Meta for alleged favoring Flávio Bolsonaro apareceu primeiro em Blog do Esmael.
Petist campaign says that algorithms and the artificial intelligence of Meta restricted contents of the president in the second round; company admits technical flaws, but denies interference
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