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Brazil’s electoral authority fined Meta’s Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during the recent presidential election runoff between Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro. The court ruled on November 10, 2026, that while Meta claimed it had taken measures to ensure equal treatment of both campaigns, parts of its actions were incomplete or delayed, leading to a fine reflecting these shortcomings without evidence of deliberate election interference.

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On November 10, 2026, Brazil's top electoral court (TSE) fined Meta's Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month's presidential election runoff campaign. The court ruled unanimously that there was no evidence of deliberate action by Meta to influence the outcome of the election, despite complaints from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s coalition about alleged bias favoring right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta had claimed it took measures to ensure equal treatment for both campaigns but failed to meet all court demands regarding content distribution and AI-generated posts. The court noted technical failures acknowledged by Facebook itself but found no preliminary evidence of intentional actions to unbalance the election, emphasizing that further robust evidence would be required to draw such a conclusion.

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Mr. Lula's coalition filed a complaint ahead of the vote alleging restrictions on the distribution of its posts, the activity of purportedly inauthentic accounts, failures in identifying AI-generated content, and asymmetries in the operation of Meta's tools.

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Brazil's electoral authority fined Meta's Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month's Presidential election runoff campaign, but said there was no evidence so far that the company had deliberately acted to influence the outcome. asserted

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In a unanimous decision, the 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 platform treated content from the rival campaigns of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro differently. asserted

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Mr. Lula's coalition filed a complaint ahead of the vote alleging restrictions on the distribution of its posts, the activity of purportedly inauthentic accounts, failures in identifying AI-generated content, and asymmetries in the operation of Meta's tools. asserted

coalition → file → tools

Meta told the Court last month it had adopted measures to ensure equal treatment of the two campaigns. asserted

it → tell → campaigns

It did not immediately reply to a fresh request for comment. asserted

It → reply → comment

The Court said Meta had provided some information and documents on the measures, but found that parts of its orders were either not complied with, were only partially fulfilled, or were carried out after deadlines had passed. asserted

deadlines → say → orders

"The records contain technical failures acknowledged by Facebook itself, but there are no elements allowing us to conclude, on a preliminary basis, that there was deliberate action to unbalance the election," Justice Marco Aurelio Bellizze wrote in his ruling. asserted

Bellizze → contain → ruling

"That conclusion would require robust evidence, to be produced through the appropriate legal proceedings," he added. asserted

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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 the data submitted. uncertain

fine → accord → data

The amount corresponds to three daily fines of 500,000 reais between October 17 and 19, and six days of fines of 1 million reais per day between October 20 and 25, when Mr. Lula unexpectedly secured re-election over Mr. Bolsonaro after his team mobilised a huge social media campaign. asserted

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Mr. Lula has long vowed to tighten rules on social media in the country. asserted

Lula → vow → country

In his victory speech, he said, "We had to overcome foreign interference in the election, coming from outside through digital platforms that we will have to regulate." asserted

we → say → that

Brazil electoral court fines Meta, sees no deliberate election bias

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