TSE orders Meta and X to present reports every 6 hours on publications by Nikolas and Marçal

The Inspector General of Electoral Justice, Minister Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, determined that Meta (owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook) and X (former Twitter) will have to present, every six hours, reports on the reach of publications by federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) and influencer Pablo Marçal until the end of the second round.

The minister took the decision this Friday (23), when partially responding to a request from the campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), candidate for re-election.

In the action, the PT campaign alleges that the deputy and the influencer had used social media to benefit the candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), Lula's opponent at the polls, by disseminating false information.

The reports must inform the number of views of the publications, the origin of the audience and the mechanisms used by the platforms to recommend the content to other users. A final report must be delivered within six hours after voting closes, next Sunday (25).

The minister also determined that the two platforms maintain a priority service channel for the Electoral Court during the day before and on the day of the second round. Furthermore, it prohibited measures that artificially increase the reach of the profiles investigated.