YouTube and Facebook letting Brazil election disinformation spread, NGO says

Global Witness produced - and withdrew - purposely misleading ads that were all approved by YouTube, and half by Facebook

YouTube and Facebook are allowing disinformation to be spread about Brazil's election campaign, adding to the bitterness in an already polarised and violent election, according to a new report by the human rights organisation Global Witness.

The NGO produced a series of purposely misleading ads during an election season that has been dominated by the bitter race between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist challenger, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.