Brazil Election Run-Off: Lula and Bolsonaro Trade Disqualification Filings Over Meta and WhatsApp

With Brazil's presidential run-off days away, both campaigns moved Tuesday to have their rivals barred from the race, trading accusations of social media misconduct in court filings. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's team announced it would seek the disqualification of Flavio Bolsonaro on Wednesday, alleging election interference by the technology company Meta. Flavio Bolsonaro is the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro and is challenging Lula. Later the same day, Bolsonaro's campaign filed its own complaint, which Agence France-Presse reported having seen, charging Lula with abuse of power tied to the wide distribution of government messages on WhatsApp during the campaign. The dispute over purported algorithmic bias and state messaging has heightened tensions before Sunday's closely contested vote. Lula, seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, faces a strong challenge from Bolsonaro.