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\n Brazilian Electoral Court Minister Marco Aurelio Bellizze, the rapporteur in the case against Meta attends a hearing by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to review a lawsuit filed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign accusing Meta of favouring presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro in the distribution of political content on its platforms during the 2026 election campaign, in Brasilia, Brazil, November 10, 2026
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Brazil’s electoral authority fined Meta’s Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply \u200bwith judicial orders during last month’s Presidential election runoff campaign, but said there \u200cwas no evidence so far that the company had \u200bdeliberately acted to influence the outcome.<\/p>\n

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In a unanimous decision, \u2060the country’s top electoral court (TSE) ruled on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) that Facebook had failed to adequately meet court demands related to allegations that its \u200cplatform treated content from the rival campaigns of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator \u200cFlavio Bolsonaro differently.<\/p>\n

Mr. Lula’s coalition filed a complaint ahead of the \u200cvote alleging \u2060restrictions on the distribution of its posts, the activity \u2060of purportedly inauthentic accounts, failures in identifying AI-generated content, and asymmetries in the operation of Meta’s tools.<\/p>\n

Meta told the Court last month it had adopted \u200bmeasures to ensure equal treatment of \u200cthe two campaigns. It did not immediately reply to a fresh request for comment.<\/p>\n

The Court said Meta had provided some information and documents on the measures, but found that \u200cparts of its orders were either not complied with, were \u200bonly partially fulfilled, or were carried out after deadlines had passed.<\/p>\n

“The records contain technical failures acknowledged \u2060by Facebook itself, but there are no elements allowing us to conclude, on a preliminary basis, that there was deliberate action to unbalance \u200cthe election,” Justice Marco Aurelio Bellizze wrote in his ruling.<\/p>\n

“That conclusion would require robust evidence, to be produced through the appropriate legal proceedings,” he added.<\/p>\n

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According to Mr. Bellizze, the fine reflected Meta’s conduct in responding to the Court orders as a whole, including delays, incomplete information and difficulties in verifying some of \u200cthe data submitted.<\/p>\n

The amount corresponds to three daily fines of 500,000 reais between October \u200b17 and 19, and six days of fines of 1 million reais per day between October 20 \u2060and 25, when Mr. Lula unexpectedly secured re-election over Mr. Bolsonaro after his \u2060team mobilised a huge social media campaign.<\/p>\n

Mr. Lula has long vowed to tighten rules on social media in the country. \u200cIn his victory speech, he said, “We had to overcome foreign interference in the election, coming from outside through digital platforms \u200bthat we will have to regulate.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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