Brazil's top court probes foreign cash in Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign

The timing is the sting. Two days after Flávio Bolsonaro lost the election, Brazil's Supreme Court ordered an investigation into whether foreign money backed his campaign, according to @BullTheoryio. He had led the first round and the final polls before falling short.

The court didn't stop at the money question. It also ordered a probe into algorithm manipulation by social media companies, the outlet reported, putting how platforms shape what users see under the same judicial microscope as the campaign's finances.

So far the report doesn't name which justice signed off, nor what evidence triggered the twin probes. No findings have been announced and nothing has been proven — both investigations are only now getting underway.

For a candidate who went into election day as the polling favorite, the story has pivoted fast from vote counts to bank accounts and algorithms. What the probes uncover, and how quickly they move, will decide the next chapter for Bolsonaro and the platforms in the crosshairs.