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How they overlap
Of the articles on each keyword in the last 7 days, with the same text and sources, how many also mention the other. Per lean: the share of its outlets' articles on Brazil that mention Meta Platforms.
6.2% of the 146 articles on Brazil also mention Meta Platforms, as do 10.1% of the 89 articles on Meta Platforms.
- Left-leaning4 of 83 articles
- 4.8%
- Least biased4 of 25 articles
- 16.0%
- Right-leaning1 of 38 articles
- 2.6%
Who picked it up when
It was already in the news on Oct 20, when this period starts, so who reported it first is not shown.
One row per source with a matching article, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
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Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Results
9 articles mention Brazil and Meta Platforms in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News: Front Page | Meta Employees Denounce Interference in Brazilian ElectionsHacker News: Front Page Article URL: https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/meta-employees-denounce-interference Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248061 Points: 112 # Comments: 16 | 0.80● | |
| Hacker News: Front Page | Meta Ignores Brazilian Court Order to End Bolsonaro FavoritismHacker News: Front Page Article URL: https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/meta-ignores-brazilian-court-order Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50229587 Points: 284 # Comments: 174 | 0.75 | |
| Hacker News: Front Page | Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: ReportHacker News: Front Page Article URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/16/meta-employees-say-lulas-accounts-restricted-in-brazil-election-report Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50227639 Points: 14 # Comments: 4 | 0.60● | |
| Bloomberg | Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s ElectionBloomberg A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil’s bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc. | 0.75● | |
| UPI | Brazil's presidential runoff puts AI, deepfakes, Meta under scrutinyUPI Two days before Brazil's presidential runoff, the Superior Electoral Court is dealing with a wave disinformation and manipulated digital content, | 0.75● | |
| Democracy Now! | Brazil Elections: How AI, Meta and Evangelicals Could Sway the Presidential Race for BolsonaroDemocracy Now! Brazilian voters are heading to the polls on Sunday for the presidential runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with polls showing a tight race that will decide whether Brazil remains led by the left or joins the right-wing surge across Latin America. According to The Intercept Brasil , Bolsonaro’s campaign paid 600,000 Brazilian reais (about $119,000 USD ) to a U.S. company, Elytron, that specializes in election manipulation, including through online disinformation and “psychological warfare techniques” to undermine opponents. Reporter Laís Martins says that while it’s not clear whether or how the Bolsonaro campaign used Elytron’s services, it adds to suspicion of U.S. interference in the election, including Meta’s restrictions on President Lula’s social media profiles. “We’ve seen evidence pile up that something is not right, that this playing field is not equal,” says Martins. | 0.60● | |
| The Guardian | Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoffThe Guardian Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro family Five days after his defeat in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, leftwing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent almost 24 hours unable to boost his Instagram posts, while his opponent, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, could. Lula’s lawyers included the episode in a list of incidents that they submitted to the electoral court and international observers as “evidence” that Meta, Instagram’s owner, was actively trying to interfere in Brazil’s election in Bolsonaro’s favour. Continue reading... | 0.80● | |
| PBS NewsHour | Meta tells Brazil's electoral court it gives equal treatment to Lula and Flávio BolsonaroPBS NewsHour Meta said it had "completed the implementation of measures to comply with the directive from the electoral court." | 0.85● | |
| The Washington Times | Meta tells Brazil's electoral court it treats Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro equally ahead of Sunday voteThe Washington Times Tech giant Meta said on Tuesday it has complied with an order of Brazil's electoral court for it to give equal treatment in its platforms to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of the Oct. 25 runoff for the nation's top job. | 0.60 |
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Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories in the last 7 days that match the query, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| Democracy Now! | 5.6% | 1 | 18 |
| The Guardian | 0.1% | 1 | 703 |
| Bloomberg | 0.3% | 1 | 371 |
| PBS NewsHour | 0.6% | 1 | 159 |
| Hacker News: Front Page | 1.9% | 3 | 159 |
| UPI | 0.6% | 1 | 158 |
| The Washington Times | 0.3% | 1 | 374 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning4 of 15 sources
- 0.4%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 0.3%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Lean index −4.2: covered more by left-leaning outlets
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that match the query. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.