Lula's campaign seeks to disqualify Flávio Bolsonaro over alleged Meta interference
Brazil's presidential election goes to a final round on Sunday, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign has requested the disqualification of right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro over alleged interference by Meta. In a petition filed Wednesday, the leftist incumbent accused Meta—the company behind WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook—of limiting its content to boost Bolsonaro's campaign.
Bolsonaro filed a counter-petition seeking to disqualify Lula over what he said was the mass dissemination of government posts on WhatsApp. Meta has denied that the campaigns were treated unequally.
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Each campaign has now filed a disqualification petition against the other: Lula's over alleged Meta interference, Bolsonaro's over what he says was mass dissemination of government posts on WhatsApp.
They are not mirror images. Lula's petition accuses Meta of limiting its content to boost Bolsonaro; Bolsonaro's is about mass dissemination of government posts on WhatsApp.