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Brazil Electoral Court Fines Meta $1.3mn In Lula-Bolsonaro Spat
The court said Meta missed deadlines and gave incomplete data after orders to treat Lula and Bolsonaro equally in the runoff.
- On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court fined Meta R$7.5 million for failing to follow orders during the October 25 presidential runoff.
- Requirements to treat the campaigns of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro equally were not met, leading to penalties for missing deadlines and incomplete data.
- Justices voted unanimously to enforce the fine, which covers nine days of non-compliance: three days at R$500,000 from October 17 to 19, and six days at R$1 million from October 20.
- Finding no proof of any "deliberate action to skew the election," Judge Marco Aurélio Bellizze said the company denied bias while blaming technical failures for the advertising issues.
- To address transparency concerns, the court also called for audits of platform algorithms, reflecting broader regulatory pressure on tech giants operating in Latin America.
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The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Brazil imposed a fine of 7.5 million rials (approximately $1.3 million) on Meta for non-compliance.
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