Google has bad moments in Brazil

Involved in a series of prosecutions, the company can stop its
activities in Brazil in case it is not possible to restrain excesses
from Brazilian users or if they not get an agreement with the Brazilian
Justice.

52 orders had been opened to release user information from Orkut until
today. In its majority, they are cases of pedophilia, racism and hate.
Between January and April, SaferNet Brasil (non-governmental
organization) received 9.982 denunciations of child pornography in the
Internet, 9.100 against Orkut.

Google's resistance in supplying information comes from the fear of
political use of the information. As examples, they had cited China and
the Iran, which already had requested this kind of information about
people considered against the government.

In case they don't release this information, they will be charged at
least U$100.000 daily, as indemnity for the successively refusing to
hand over user information associated with Orkut.

Three questions arise from it:

* First: The way United States faces the third world, as if we
couldn't take care of our business on our own.


* Second: Brazil is far from being like China and Iran, ie.
military dictatorships. Brazil is a free country and it's only trying
to protect itself from problems that the whole world is facing,
including US.


* Third: Business is business, but in some countries there are
limits. Protect customer's privacy is one thing, protect the worst scum
of criminals is completely different. Too bad the Google didn't figure
out what "freedom" is all about.

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What do you think? What is most important? Privacy? Crime fighting?
Read more: http://rvincoletto.multiply.com/journal/item/197

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