00:00Brazilian social movements and digital rights organizations have denounced the interference
00:05of the US tech company Meta in the election campaign.
00:09From Sao Paulo, Ignacio Lemos has the details.
00:15Meta, don't get involved.
00:17Screen Brazilian social movements and organizations outside the company's headquarters.
00:22The company owns WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and TREATS.
00:27We are here to protest, together with various movements and organizations, to call Omeda
00:32to stop this interference and not to interfere in the Brazilian elections.
00:37Lula's campaign demanded transparency in the algorithms and filed a complaint with
00:42the electoral court.
00:43Observers and international organizations stating that such practices harm the circulation of
00:48content favorable to the president and thus benefit his far-right opponent.
00:52The allegations include reduced reach of posts, account suspensions, restriction on political
00:58advertising and disparities in the functioning of artificial intelligence tools.
01:07The whole world needs to know that Meta influenced the elections in Brazil.
01:11I hope Lula wins on Sunday and regulates Meta, eliminating the electoral monopoly it currently
01:18holds under electoral laws.
01:21He should also guarantee and enforce transparency in its algorithms and develop a national Brazilian
01:27digital environment.
01:30Meta recognized technical failures that affected the publication of content related to Lula.
01:35A message leaked by the Fola de Sao Paulo newspaper revealed a platform employees concerned about
01:42possible lawsuits against the company for unequal treatment of campaigns.
01:48The electoral court demanded equal treatment.
01:51It is crucial for every Brazilian man and women to be at the finish line today because our
01:57sovereignty is at stake.
01:58Our history is made up of data.
02:01And today that data is extremely necessary for forecasting and marketing ourselves.
02:06We want it, but we don't want to be manipulated by it.
02:10Therefore, freedom depends on controlling the data.
02:14Another example of interference occurred in ChatGPT.
02:18The artificial intelligence platform denied users the ability to generate content about
02:23Lula while allowing content about Flavio Bolsonaro.
02:26The organizations attempted to submit a letter online in their complaints to Meta executives,
02:32but they were only received by a contractor.
02:37They told us that this person was an employee of a third-party contractor for Meta, who handles
02:43receiving logistics.
02:44We believe that this is not the right way to treat the company.
02:50US companies have had the support of the Trump administration since the Brazilian Supreme
02:54Court imposed measures to prevent the spread of fake news and violence in the digital sphere.
02:59Lula's government only managed to implement partial regulations of these companies.
03:05Organizations stress the urgency of these comprehensive measures.
03:08Ignacio Lemus and Julia Nassif for Telesur.
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