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Meta Blames Instagram Search Glitch as Brazil Parties Demand Answers

The episode renewed calls for stricter platform transparency, fueling a push for regulation before a sensitive electoral period.

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Em meio à confusão pela cassação de Glauber Braga, PT acusa Meta de esconder perfis de esquerda.
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Psol denuncia a Meta ao MPF por reduzir alcance de perfis de esquerda

Overview

  • Meta said a technical failure in Instagram’s account search on Dec. 10 was fixed the same morning and issued an apology for the disruption.
  • Search results temporarily omitted profiles across the political spectrum, including President Lula and figures from both left and right, as well as some media and civil‑society pages, which also affected tagging.
  • PT representatives met with Meta on Dec. 10 to seek explanations, rejected the company’s account as sufficient, and reiterated demands for regulation and digital sovereignty.
  • Newsroom tests, including by g1, confirmed that affected profiles reappeared in search later on Dec. 10 after the company said the issue was resolved.
  • On Dec. 11, Psol lawmakers and the journalists’ union Fenaj filed a representation with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office seeking an investigation into alleged reach suppression, and Meta had not commented on the filing.