Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: Report

The messages, reported by a Brazilian daily, say the platform recommended Bolsonaro’s profile and his WhatsApp channel.Published On 16 Oct 202616 Oct 2026Employees at Meta have acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were negatively affected by restrictions during the country’s election, media reports say.The messages, reported on Friday by Brazilian daily Folha de S Paulo, also acknowledged the platform recommended the profile of Lula challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, as well as his WhatsApp channel. Folha, the Sao Paulo-based paper, cited messages it had reviewed.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US records 4,410 measles cases as outbreak growslist 2 of 4How Iran messaging highlights cost of war ahead of US midterm electionslist 3 of 4White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the joblist 4 of 4AOC transfers $1m to Michigan candidate El-Sayed in progressive pushend of listMeta told the Reuters news agency that the technical issues cited in the report were already public and the conversations it referenced related solely to the severity of the issues, not political ...