By Maria Júlia Baumert ( November 3, 2026, 22:48 GMT | Insight) -- Brazil's Secretariat for Digital Rights urged the country’s data protection agency to investigate Meta's content-moderation practices, arguing that problems reported on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp reflect systemic failures rather than isolated incidents tied to the recent election campaign. The secretariat also suggested a range of potential corrective measures, including clearer notices to users, appeal procedures in Portuguese, human review of major moderation decisions and periodic transparency reporting.Victor Oliveira Fernandes, head of the Brazil's Secretariat for Digital Rights, urged the country’s data protection agency to investigate Meta's content-moderation practices, arguing that problems reported on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp reflect systemic failures rather than isolated incidents tied to the recent election campaign. ...
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