Meta defies Brazilian court order to stop favoring Flávio Bolsonaro
Meta Ignores Brazilian Court Order to End Bolsonaro Favoritism
Sleeping Giants Brasil and CTRL+Z have filed new evidence with Brazil's Superior Electoral Court, alleging that Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp tools still tilt toward Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro while linking President Lula to derogatory content. The groups cite GIF search results, hashtag ordering, and even Meta AI answers, and ask Justice Marco Aurélio Bellizze to enforce a daily fine that could double to R$1 million. Meta denies deliberate favoritism, blaming technical failures.
They are not claiming that they have proven bias in Meta, choosing instead to posit the question to the Superior Electoral Court.