In a unanimous ruling, Brazil's top electoral court found no preliminary evidence that US tech giant Meta had deliberately acted to influence the outcome of last month's presidential election runoff, but fined its Facebook platform 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders.
Brazil’s top electoral court fined Meta on November 10 over its compliance with orders during the presidential election, according to The Rio Times and WRAL.com. Anadolu Agency put the penalty at $1.34 million, while DW and WRAL.com reported about $1.3 million. DW reported that the court found no evidence of intent to influence the election and that Meta said it would defend itself against what it called false allegations; the reports do not detail the full court ruling.
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