Key Facts

* **The country** Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, elects its president in a runoff on Sunday 25 October between President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

* **What happened** On Friday 23 October, the group CTRL+Z reported that internal Meta documents show Instagram problems that hit only Lula’s profile.

* **The numbers** An internal Meta report dated 19 October lists at least six open high-priority issues on Instagram and the Meta AI app.

* **Meta’s position** Meta said on 16 October that the episodes were technical incidents and that it is not interfering in the election.

"glitches"

Glitches... media ceos should be the first queuing to the guilliotine

The headline is way too charitable towards Meta