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Brazil fines Google for not censoring dirty jokes

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18 pointsjacquesm16 comments

Some context: Rondonia is known here in Brazil as the last exit in the road to the end of the world; a hole forgotten in the darkest corner of the Amazon jungle. The only people that live there are cocaine traffickers (from Bolivia) and the last groups of native south americans that still live in tribes.

I wouldn't be surprised if this judge is just trying to collect some extortion.

If I were Google I wouldn't bother. As we say in Brazil: "from the mouth of a politician, the head of a judge and a baby's bottom you can only expect one thing".

It's the North Dakota of Brazil, without Fargo, the movie.

I don't believe North Dakota is even in the same league when it comes to cluelessness. Rondonia's courts win hands down, apparently.

Sorry man, but the "last exit in the road to the end of the world" is Acre.

And "The only people that live there are cocaine traffickers (from Bolivia) and the last groups of native south americans that still live in tribes." is also an Acre's reference; I am sure it's not Rondônia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rond%C3%B4nia

Looks like Google policy changes regarding China are the first scrambling steps up a slippery slope they're already on. If other countries start expecting Google to implement censoring based on their actions in China it may become a serious handicap for them.

If Google decides to fight this decision (as it should), it will be struck down. While there are exceptions to freedom of speech (mostly about promoting crimes, discrimination and anonymity) the law is not nearly that bad as to make bad taste illegal.

And, if it did, there would be a whole lot of criminals far worse than the ones responsible for this ;-)

As a curious note, no Brazilian news agency seems to have picked this one up at this time.

Lots of hits here:

http://news.google.com/news/story?cf=all&hl=pt&cf=al...

I don't know if it's a case of mere bad taste, as they don't mention the details. It could be slander (calúnia ou difamação).

I stand corrected. Free speech is a joke here.

Any suggestion of sane country to move to?

I live in Japan now. Not exactly sane but at least it's civilized. ;-)

But look at the bright side. You can live very well in Brazil if you're a good developer.

(Me mande email se quiser)

Remember that google did something else in China when it became clear that they weren't going to see eye to eye with the local government.

Are these countries trying to kill the Internet?

No, I think not. The populist governments are just trying to control it.

But I think that's his point - the power of the internet has come from it's openness and freedom. Try to control it and trying to kill it are very much the same thing, even if a government isn't conscious of that.

Yes, you kill the internet by killing the freedom spirit of it. But these governments want to keep it alive and free for them and for their friends.

Funny I thought Brazil was hosting some sort of big sporting event in a few years - but I suddenly can't find anything about it on Google

Too bad we do not have a government that is willing to protect our US based businesses from this kind of nuisance lawsuit money grabbing.

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