Meta's automated moderation repeatedly mistakenly banned political accounts during the US and Brazilian elections, facing accountability demands from multiple parties.

on November 4, according to Fortune, Meta is accelerating its shift from human content moderation to large language models. By June, the models had processed roughly half of all moderation requests, and the company aims to achieve over 90 percent automation for specific violation categories before year-end. Meta claims its models make 13 percent fewer errors than humans while detecting 10 percent more violations. In recent weeks, its automated systems have repeatedly miscategorized or banned political accounts during elections in Brazil and the United States, sparking allegations of election interference.

In Brazil, Lula’s campaign filed a complaint with the nation’s highest electoral court on October 10, alleging that Meta restricted account distribution and mistranslated negative comments about rivals into supportive content. The court ordered Meta to treat both candidates equally, issuing a daily fine of 500,000 reais (approximately $98,000). Lula ultimately won the October 25 runoff with 51.8 percent of the vote. While a ruling on the penalty against Meta is pending, prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit on October 21.

In the United States, an Instagram account for the No Kings movement was suspended for roughly 90 minutes on October 17. Meta stated the action was taken because the group used the Claude tool to rapidly read content, triggering automated safety measures. On October 27, the Spanish-language account of Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon was incorrectly flagged as impersonation and restored the following day.

Meta has attributed these incidents to technical glitches and has apologized. Its Oversight Council criticized the recurring errors in election-related enforcement but did not determine that political bias was involved. Attorneys general from 13 states plus Washington, D.C., alongside members of Congress, have requested explanations from Meta, though none of these inquiries hold legal binding force.