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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias (www.nbcnews.com)
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SÃO PAULO — A judge of Brazil’s top electoral court ruled Thursday that Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

The ruling comes shortly after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running against Flávio Bolsonaro, filed a complaint that accused the tech company that owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp of using biased algorithms and AI restrictions to favor opposition candidate Bolsonaro ahead of the election.

Lula’s campaign argues that accounts and advertisements associated with Flávio Bolsonaro have reportedly received artificially inflated visibility, with engagement metrics rivaling those of global celebrities. The two are in a close race for the presidency, after the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro garnered 47% of the vote against 45% for the incumbent in the first round on Oct. 4.

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[–] 4 points 13 hours ago

The damage was already done and what does meta get?? A fine if they fail to comply with this ruling, fool a whole country and this is what you get, this ruling does not do any justice. Meta should have been fined heavily and booted out if zuck failed to pay the fine, if they pay the fine then they should be regulated and any interference like this again should be treated as further violation and fined. And this is not the first time Facebook has done something like this, they are a cancer and tool of american govt to influence elections and public perception. Meta and its every service should be banned in every functioning democracy or atleast temporarily banned 2 months before any election.

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