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Google Brazil Exec "Detained" For Refusing YouTube Takedown Order

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Streinsad Effect? by icebike · · Score: 1, Troll

    So what?

    Do you think that little shell corportion allows Brazil to dictate what is on Google Servers all over the world?

    Gee, if that works for Brazil, why won't it work for the US? After all, every significant company of size
    is encorporated in the US as well as its home country.

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