Meta accused of limiting Lula's campaign materials before Brazil's runoff election, say sources

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• Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva states: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused Meta of restricting the distribution of his campaign materials on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp ahead of the October 25 runoff election.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• The Insider states: The electoral court ordered Meta not to interfere with the distribution of political content and requested technical explanations for the issues.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• Lula's campaign team claims that Meta has repeatedly and systematically blocked the distribution of his publications on its platforms.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• Meta states: Meta denies political bias.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• Meta states: Meta says the issues reported by Lula's team were unrelated technical glitches.

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  2 sources: Global Voices, The Insider

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• The Insider states: The scandal erupted ahead of the runoff election, where Lula and Bolsonaro have roughly equal support according to polls.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• Global Voices states: Meta AI refused to generate images featuring Lula’s name and party number while delivering the same request for Flávio Bolsonaro.

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  2 sources: Global Voices, The Insider

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)

• Global Voices states: Meta admitted technical problems on its platforms which affected how pro-Lula content was delivered to users.

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  • Global Voices · 24 Oct · In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert (Original publication)
  • The Insider · 24 Oct · Лула обвинил Meta во вмешательстве в выборы президента Бразилии. Суд потребовал от компании объяснений (Original publication)