Brazil: Strategic developments in Brasília
In internal messages, Meta admits Lula's accounts were harmed by restrictions; engineers talk about technical failures. In internal messages from Meta obtained by Folha, company employees admit restrictions that harmed the accounts of candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) on Instagram and algorithmic recommendation of the profile of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) on the platform and on the candidate's WhatsApp channel, a practice prohibited by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). In one of the messages, Meta employee A. G. states that Lula's account was "limited" compared to Flávio's, and that this would be negative due to the "high chance" of legal action. Read more (10/16/2026 - 11:49)
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