X cites gaps in TSE rule on removing candidates from recommendation algorithms and calls for suspension
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- X challenged a Superior Electoral Court rule requiring social networks to exclude candidate-declared profiles from recommendation algorithms during election campaigns.
- The platform cited several gaps in the rule and requested that it be suspended.
X has challenged a rule from Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court that governs how social networks recommend content during election campaigns.
The rule requires platforms to remove profiles declared by candidates from their content-recommendation systems. In its response to the court, X identified what it described as several gaps in the measure and asked for its suspension.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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