One of the controversy centred on 'Lula's Army', a WhatsApp channel with over four million followers accused of spreading misinformation. (EPA Images pic)BRASILIA: Brazil's electoral court on Tuesday warned president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and senator Flavio Bolsonaro to call off their legal showdown over social media in their presidential campaigns.
The campaigns of the bitter rivals have filed a record number of censorship requests over what they call online misinformation from the opposing camp.
Bolsonaro, son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, is the favourite to win the Oct25 runoff after his narrow victory over the leftist Lula in the first round of voting.
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) warned campaign representatives from either side that the "judicialisation of the electoral process" risked "restricting debate," according to a statement sent to AFP.
