Meta, Google and TikTok accused of breaking Brazil's election rules

On October 7, 2026, according to the portal Eldestapeweb, Meta, Google and TikTok were accused of breaking electoral rules in Brazil during the recent presidential election. A study by the Big Tech Observatory of the NetLab at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro identified irregular advertisements and video recommendations during periods when electoral propaganda was prohibited by the Superior Electoral Court.

Brazilian regulations prohibit paid dissemination of propaganda on the internet from 48 hours before to 24 hours after the elections. The monitoring detected hundreds of irregular posts, including advertisements that simulated being official communications from the Electoral Court to promote a fraudulent remote vote.

Separately, according to El Nacional, the conservative sector consolidated support in the race, citing a figure from the agricultural sector with 2.6 million votes. Likewise, France 24 reported international corporate movements linked to mergers of large conglomerates worth $81 billion.

On the financial front, MercoPress reported that Brazilian markets rallied after the first round, with the Bovespa index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange rising as much as 8%, while La República noted the evolution of tax collections equal to 74.6% of the annual target in another region of the region.