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The second round of the presidential election in Brazil will be held on Sunday October 25 to decide

This electoral campaign is marked by tensions around digital tools and social networks, which have become real political battlefields.

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Key facts

  • The second round of the presidential election in Brazil will be held on Sunday October 25 to decide between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro. Some 158…
  • This electoral campaign is marked by tensions around digital tools and social networks, which have become real political battlefields. In the middle…
  • Faced with these disruptions, the current president's camp accuses the American giant Meta, owner of the platform, of limiting the dissemination of…

The second round of the presidential election in Brazil will be held on Sunday October 25 to decide between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro. Some 158 million Brazilian voters will decide that day to whom they will entrust the country for the next four years.

This electoral campaign is marked by tensions around digital tools and social networks, which have become real political battlefields. In the middle of the campaign, Lula's official page on Facebook was blocked for several hours.

Faced with these disruptions, the current president's camp accuses the American giant Meta, owner of the platform, of limiting the dissemination of its messages for the benefit of its rival.

The media also revealed a bias in Meta's artificial intelligence after asking him to create a campaign poster with the inscription Lula 13, which corresponds to the candidate number.

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