Brazil: presidential camp accuses Meta of throttling its messages ahead of the runoff election

What the presidential camp objects to

Still according to franceinfo, people close to the incumbent president are blaming Meta, the American group that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They accuse the company of reducing the reach of their posts, and therefore of helping their rival. The network wonders whether these platforms are truly giving an advantage to the conservative candidate. The available evidence does not settle the question.

A campaign played out on social media

According to Le Monde, three-quarters of the country's population get their news from social media. The daily newspaper notes an increase in deceptive content created using artificial intelligence. It describes a campaign fueled by disinformation and these tools.