# Brazil's court doubles Meta fine over election bias

> Brazil's electoral court says Meta failed to prove it treats presidential candidates equally and has doubled the daily penalty.
- Title: Brazil's court doubles Meta fine over election bias | Shortify
- Summary: Brazil's electoral court says Meta failed to prove it treats presidential candidates equally and has doubled the daily penalty. Brazil's top electoral court…
- Keywords: meta, brazil, electoral court, presidential election, content moderation, lula, bolsonaro, news, world, politics, Brazil's, court
- Source: Al Jazeera — https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/brazilian-court-orders-meta-to-prove-lula-and-bolsonaro-get-equal-treatment?traffic_source=rss
- Author: Umar Farooq
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: meta, brazil, electoral court, presidential election, content moderation, lula, bolsonaro, news, world, politics
## Court doubles Meta's fine
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court doubled Meta's daily fine, saying the social media company failed to comply with an order about how political content appears on its platforms.
## Twenty-four hours to prove fairness
On Monday, the court gave Meta twenty-four hours to show it is not favouring one presidential candidate over the other in its content feeds.
## The candidates at stake
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are competing in the presidential election run-off.
## Key takeaway

Brazil's top electoral court doubled Meta's daily fine for failing to show it treats presidential candidates equally in content feeds.