Meta Fined by Brazil Electoral Court for Allegedly Failing to Provide Equal Content During Presidential Campaign

08:24 AM EST, 11/11/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Meta Platforms' (META) Facebook was fined 7.5 million Brazilian reais ($1.34 million) by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court for failing to comply with judicial orders, the country's top electoral court said Tuesday. The Court ruled on Tuesday that Facebook did not adequately meet demands related to allegations that it did not treat content equally from rival presidential campaigns during the country's presidential elections last month. It said the fine related to allegations of a difference in treatment given to the distribution and reach of content from the presidential campaigns, which saw President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeat Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. However, the Court also said it has found nothing to conclude that Facebook's actions were deliberate. The fine corresponds to three days of fines of 500,000 Brazilian reais between Oct. 17 and Oct. 19, and six days of fines of 1 million Brazilian reais, between Oct. 20 and Oct. 25, the Court said. Meta didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.