巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦的竞选团队周四表示，已向该国选举法院提交针对Meta的投诉。
The campaign of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday it filed a complaint against Meta at the country’s electoral court.
毛里西奥·萨瓦雷斯 圣保罗 — — 巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦的竞选团队周四表示，已向该国选举法院提交针对Meta的投诉。
MAURICIO SAVARESE SAO PAULO — The campaign of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday it filed a complaint against Meta at the country’s electoral court.
该投诉指控拥有Instagram、Facebook和WhatsApp的科技巨头使用有偏见的算法和人工智能限制，以在10月25日决选中偏向反对派候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗，以争夺该国最高职位。
The filing accuses the big tech that owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp of using biased algorithms and AI restrictions to favor opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of their Oct. 25 runoff for the country’s top job.
《美联社》获得的法律文件显示，Meta对卢拉竞选团队的材料和自然帖子实施了“未经正当理由的覆盖范围削减”。文件还称，Meta未遵守其向选举法院提交的解决这些问题的计划。
The legal filing, to which The Associated Press had access, says Meta has subjected Lula’s campaign materials and organic posts to “unjustified reductions in reach.”It also says Meta has not complied with a plan submitted to the electoral court to address these issues.
Meta未能立即回应《美联社》就卢拉竞选团队向巴西选举法院提交的投诉发表评论的请求。
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press about the Lula campaign filing at the Brazilian electoral court.
卢拉的竞选团队称，与弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗相关的账号据称获得了人为提升的曝光度，其互动指标可与全球名人相媲美。两人在总统选举中势均力敌，前总统雅伊尔·博尔索纳罗之子弗拉维奥在10月4日的第一轮投票中以47%的得票率击败现任总统卢拉的45%，赢得第一轮胜利。
Lula’s campaign argues that accounts and s associated with Flávio Bolsonaro have reportedly received artificially inflated visibility, with engagement metrics rivaling global celebrities. The two are in a close race for the presidency, with the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro as winner of the first round on Oct. 4 with 47% of the vote against 45% of the incumbent.
卢拉的投诉还称，Meta的人工智能工具存在明显差异：用户无法通过WhatsApp的“Meta AI”功能生成与80岁总统相关的竞选图像，但若他们希望推广支持弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗的内容，则可以做到这一点。
Lula’s complaint also claims there’s a stark disparity in Meta’s artificial intelligence tools, with users failing to generate campaign images related to the 80-year-old president via WhatsApp’s “Meta AI” feature, but being able to do so if they want to promote content in support of Flávio Bolsonaro.
卢拉竞选团队的律师吉安·费雷拉和埃弗琳·桑托斯在一份声明中表示，Meta的内容分发对现任总统具有选择性且不利，而对博尔索纳罗则持有利态度，博尔索纳罗是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友。
Gean Ferreira and Evelyn Santos, both lawyers of the Lula campaign, said in a statement that Meta’s content delivery is selective against the incumbent and favorable to Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.
“一方面，候选人路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦及其支持者的内容面临传递限制，且缺乏任何理由或透明度，”律师们表示。“另一方面，充当对立方政治操作者的资料……获得了不成比例且人为的传播范围，甚至比全球名人还要多。”卢拉的竞选团队希望巴西最高选举法院下令立即终止内容限制，并施压Meta通过将其传播范围翻倍来弥补因限制造成的损失，以此修复所造成的伤害。
“On one hand, content from candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his supporters faces delivery restrictions, without any justification or transparency,” the lawyers said. “On the other hand, profiles acting as political operatives for the opposing side ... receive a disproportionate and artificial reach, garnering more views even than global celebrities.”Lula’s campaign wants Brazil’s top electoral court to order an immediate end to the content restrictions and pressure Meta to make up for the lost traction by doubling its reach to rectify the harm inflicted.
10月11日，随着卢拉的选民开始抱怨他们使用Meta工具的问题，这家科技巨头向选举法院表示，它否认存在偏向博尔索纳罗的指控。该公司承认其曾面临影响巴西以外地区账户的技术故障。它还表示，其行为完全符合巴西的选举法规，并致力于为所有政党提供平等的平台访问权。
On Oct. 11, as Lula’s voters started complaining about their use of Meta tools, the big tech company told the electoral court it rejects accusations of being skewed to Bolsonaro. The company admitted it has faced technical glitches that affect accounts beyond Brazil. It also said it acts in full compliance with Brazil’s electoral regulations and is committed to providing equal platform access for all political parties.