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

https://mins.news/en/item/103763

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-16 21:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/16/meta-employees-say-lulas-accounts-restricted-in-brazil-election-report?traffic_source=rss

> Media reports say Meta employees acknowledged in internal messages that restrictions negatively affected Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s Instagram accounts during the election. The messages also said the platform recommended challenger Flavio Bolsonaro’s profile and WhatsApp channel. Meta said the cited technical issues were already public and denied favoring either side.

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