Brazil Presidential Election: Lula and Bolsonaro in Legal and Digital Battle

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court summoned representatives of the two candidates who advanced to the presidential runoff, citing an unprecedented rise in legal cases and mutual accusations over the spread of false news and the instrumental use of social networks on the eve of this political contest. The court warned of the risk of restricting freedom of expression in the country.

The Supreme Electoral Court of Brazil summoned the representatives of the 2 candidates who made it to the second round of the presidential election due to an unprecedented increase in legal cases and counter-accusations regarding the spread of false news and instrumental use of social networks on the eve of this political competition and warned against the risk of restricting the freedom of exchange of opinions in this country.