{
  "id": 16057621,
  "title": "Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/hundreds-of-protestors-descend-on-meta-corporate-office-depicting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:53:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-meta-corporate-office-brazil-zuckerberg-devil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, a crowd of hundreds of protestors gathered outside Meta's corporate headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil, to accuse the company of interfering in the country's crucial national run-off elections. The demonstrators, who held effigies of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg portrayed as the devil, were demanding that Meta provide proof of providing equal treatment to both presidential candidates, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro. This protest occurred amid a Superior Electoral Court order that demanded Meta release evidence of equitable treatment.\n\nEarlier this month, Meta faced international criticism for restricting over 1,000 social media accounts belonging to Lula da Silva, a political figure similar to the U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Simultaneously, Lula’s allies have accused Meta of artificially promoting content from far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. The protestors unfurled signs with scathing remarks, including a depiction of Zuckerberg with dollar signs over his eyes and the phrase \"billionaire scoundrel\" spray-painted in red paint. Others carried signs demanding \"não se Meta,\" which translates to \"Meta stay out.\"\n\nMeta has publicly denied any wrongdoing regarding its handling of the Brazilian election materials, attributing any perceived imbalance to two global service outages. Meanwhile, Brazil is not the only country experiencing the influence of a tech giant over its political landscape. The Guardian reported over the weekend that Meta temporarily suspended Instagram accounts belonging to the No Kings coalition, a liberal grouping organizing protests and voter-registration drives across the United States.\n\nIn the midst of these controversies, Meta's executives admit they are struggling to control the surge of AI-generated content on the platform. As Meta prepares to present its explanation to the Superior Electoral Court, the media platform's ability to censor thousands of political accounts during a critical election cycle remains uncertain, while simultaneously grappling with an overwhelming flood of harmful AI content.",
  "summary": "Brazilians have had enough of the \"billionaire scoundrel.\" The post Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil appeared first on Futurism .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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