Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s Election

Before the Brazilian election where progressive Lula beat right-wing Bolsonaro, Meta is accused of disrupting Lula's Insta and WhatsApp accounts Meta blamed "technical difficulties" That would be more believable if similar incidents had not happened recently in the US Tech billionaires are evil

Bloomberg reports Meta tried - and failed - to skew Brazil's election towards Bolsenaro via restrictions on Lula's Instagram posts and unequal engagement such as refusing requests to create images favorable to Lula. Meta said this reflected “technical problems” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lula — who has attracted more than 10 million supporters to a WhatsApp channel dubbed “Lula’s Army” in recent days — has alleged interruptions to his account, restrictions on Instagram posts and unequal audience engagement.

A look at Meta's role in Brazil's runoff, where Lula da Silva alleges Meta restricts his content and a court ordered it not to interfere; Meta cites glitches (Augusta Saraiva/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Lula says Meta restricts his reach in Brazil election

Before the Brazilian election where progressive Lula beat right-wing Bolsonaro, Meta is accused of disrupting Lula's Insta and WhatsApp accounts Meta blamed "technical difficulties" That would be more believable if similar incidents had not happened recently in the US Tech billionaires are evil

3) A more detailed piece from Bloomberg on #SocialMedia interference in the Brazilian election. Fortunately the #NerdReich candidate was defeated #GeoPolitics #Brazil #Politics www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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🚨🚨 WARNING! 🚨🚨 A canary in the coal mine for the U.S. 2026 Midterms? “Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil's Election” SOURCE: @bloomberg.com Gift Article— www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Disclaimer: this is pure speculation, my knowledge of Brazilian politics is basically zero Links: www.ft.com/content/2903... www.bloomberg.com/news/article... www.ft.com/content/0ca0...

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