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Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election

471 points · 303 comments · rbanffy

ocd · 1790503961 · focus · HN ↗
He said the thing that Canada, Greenland, Cuba, and various other countries are worried about, but is either publicly ignored in the US or dismissed as "trolling" by the president.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/lula-says-trump-wants-to-colonise-and-capture-brazils-resources-by-meddling-in-election" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/lula-says-trum...
1. mc32 · 1790505267 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. bakugo · 1790505617 · focus · HN ↗
    You don't understand, it's different. Back then, it was the bad guys being censored, so it was a good thing. Now it's the good guys being censored, so it's a bad thing.
    When the left censors their political opponents, they're "protecting democracy". When the right does the same, they're "threatening democracy". Those are the rules.
    mc32 · 1790506368 · focus · HN ↗
    Indeed it seems that they only have problems with censorship when their team gets censored but they secretly enjoy their opposition getting censored. As it is the Lula admin mandated that X suppress the speech of about 600 opposition candidates.
    <a href="https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/x-revelo-source-code-exposed-filters-censorship-taxes-court-order-lula" rel="nofollow">https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/x-revelo-source-co...
    owebmaster · 1790508568 · focus · HN ↗
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    mc32 · 1790514401 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm/blob/main/home-mixer/filters/brazil_2026_election_filter.rs" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm/blob/main/home-mixer/...
    owebmaster · 1790522970 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-13/he-was-called-magas-man-in-latin-america-now-hes-charged-with-murder" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-13/he-was...

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