Meta is meddling with Brazilian democracy
A Brazilian survey alleges Meta restricted or banned 1,088 mostly pro-Lula accounts during the election.
A survey cited by Revista Forum logged 1,088 complaints of reach suppression, feature limits, or bans during Brazil’s election, mostly affecting accounts supporting President Lula. Reported cases include unusual metrics on Lula’s official account, a messaging block on a campaign profile, and about 108 account bans, 17 of which Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign had asked a court to suspend. Meta said on October 8 that a video view-count glitch had occurred. Advocacy group CTRL+Z demanded restorations, explanations, and human review.
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This article by Júlia Motta was originally published by Revista Forum. It was translated by Panamerican Dispatch. You can read the original in Portuguese, here.
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