# Brazil electoral court fines Meta, sees no deliberate election bias

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brazil-electoral-court-fines-meta-sees-no-deliberate-election-bias/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:17:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T16:42:45+00:00
- Original publisher: DW (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-electoral-court-fines-meta-sees-no-deliberate-election-bias/a-79920780?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Meta was fined 7.5 million reais over its handling of court orders.
- Brazil’s electoral court found no evidence of deliberate election bias.
- Lula won the run-off with 51.7% of the vote.

## Summary

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court has fined Meta 7.5 million reais for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month’s presidential election. The court said the company’s delays and lack of transparency warranted the penalty, but found no evidence that Meta deliberately tried to influence the result.

Lula’s coalition had accused Meta of algorithmic manipulation favouring far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of the 25 October run-off. Meta said it had taken steps to treat both campaigns equally and said it would defend itself against what it called false allegations. Lula won 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.2%, and called for greater regulation of large technology platforms.

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