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Brazil’s electoral court discusses AI filters with Meta

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court said it met Meta representatives on 15 October to discuss AI tools during the election period. According to the court, Meta reported that inappropriate generated content had affected both presidential campaigns and that it had been improving Meta AI filters.

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The meeting also addressed data preservation for election content on WhatsApp channels. The court said metadata of campaign-channel posts subject to electoral proceedings would be preserved and supplied upon court order. The statement does not describe a general handover of private messages or provide a measured filter-success rate.

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