Brazilian Judge Orders 24-hour Shutdown of Google and Youtube

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:10PM from the internet-replaces-the-airwaves dept.

_Sharp'r_ writes "Judge Flavio Peren of Mato Grosso do Sul state in Brazil has ordered the arrest of the President of Google Brazil, as well as the 24-hour shutdown of Google and Youtube for not removing videos attacking a mayoral candidate. Google is appealing, but has recently also faced ordered fines of $500K/day in Parana and the ordered arrest of another executive in Paraiba in similar cases." Early reports indicated that the judge also ordered the arrest of the Google Brazil President, but the story when this was written is that the police haven't received any such order (and an earlier such order was overuled recently). The video is in violation of their pre-election laws.

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Re:Pre-election laws by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-26 00:39 · Score: 0, Troll

Show me where the founding fathers said, "A right to lie is vitally important for democracy."
Not sarcasm, not parody, not satire, just flat out and out lying for profit, with fraud and libel laws so difficult to enforce that they can say or do anything they want and pretend it is legitimate news with no consequences.
If democracy is a market place of ideas, lying is the destruction of that market.
Allowing Fox News destroys the very purpose for which the constitution was written.
The constitution DOES allow Fox News, therefore it is trash.