Enquadrando plataformas e produtores de desinformação: análise das ações julgadas pelo TSE nas eleições presidenciais de 2022

The article addresses the involvement of digital platforms in shaping political communication during the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil, focusing on the analysis of situations where these platforms and the profiles they host became subjects of legal proceedings at the TSE by presidential candidates and their coalitions during the campaign. Preliminary results indicate that platforms are not direct defendants but are implicated in facilitating misinformation in profiles with false content. The TSE acted as a regulatory agency, with ten out of the eleven studied actions being partially or fully approved due to the identification of false content, compelling their removal by the platforms. The judgments are based on the argument that misinformation threatens the integrity of the election process and democracy.