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Google Brazil Exec "Detained" For Refusing YouTube Takedown Order

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @10:12AM from the taking-one-for-the-team dept.

h00manist writes that, as promised, "The police executed an order to detain Google's top executive in Brazil (Original in Portuguese), Fábio José Silva Coelho. Google refused an order to remove a YouTube video which accused a mayoral candidate of several crimes. Police say he will be released today; Brazilian law for the case allows for a one-year max sentence. Streisand Effect, anyone?"

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Re:Brazil is not America by gwolf · 2012-09-26 11:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But it is!
Brazil is even the United States of America. And so is Mexico. Brazil's official name is Estados Unidos do Brasil, and Mexico's is Estados Unidos Mexicanos — and they are both located in America. Yes, America is a continent.
Even Argentina was, for some time, although the name was rather "United Provinces of Argentina". That name has changed, though.