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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. AnimalMuppet · 1790512425 · focus · HN ↗
  That would require that Meta is carrying water for Trump. I don't think I see that as very likely.
  1. delecti · 1790514083 · focus · HN ↗
    "Likely" or not has nothing to do with it, it's well documented. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-32a999c1" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-mil...
    dmix · 1790515575 · focus · HN ↗
    Meta restored Lula's FB account hours after it got flagged for content that as posted on their page. That is a pretty weak basis for a conspiracy theory.
    specialist · 1790517332 · focus · HN ↗
    IIRC, profiles of public officials are (or should be) handled differently.
    JoshTriplett · 1790521402 · focus · HN ↗
    Only insofar as more careful review. Otherwise, no, they shouldn't. Exactly the same policies on content should be applied uniformly to everyone.
    lemmetellya · 1790523858 · focus · HN ↗
    I agree with both of you.
    They should be handled differently [than they are today]. They should not be handled differently [than any other persons]. Meta should be giving everyone careful review.

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