Lula campaign accuses Meta of election interference in Brazil

Lula da Silva's campaign accuses Meta of interfering in Brazil's presidential election after Instagram restricted promotions of his content ahead of the runoff.

• The campaign said Meta prevented Lula's personal profile from promoting Instagram posts and cut viewership on a post from his official account.
• It said Lula's account and those of other left leaders disappeared from Instagram search before the first-round vote.
• Meta's Brazil office denied the accusations, calling them untrue and not based on facts, and said the technical problems were not limited to Brazil.
• Flavio Bolsonaro finished first in the first round with 47 percent of the vote, ahead of Lula's 45 percent.