Google has announced that it will comply with a Brazilian court’s order to turn over data that could identify users of its social networking site, Orkut, who are suspected of illegal activities such as child pornography. A Brazilian judge hearing the case had
threatened to levy a US$23,000 fine for each day Google refused to comply. Google cooperated with some of the initial requests by the Public Attorney’s Office, but declined to hand
over other information, arguing that the Brazilian government should go through the U.S. court system to get it.
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Google to Comply With Brazilian Court Order
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 5, 2006 03:43 PMGoogle has announced that it will comply with a Brazilian court’s order to turn over data that could identify users of its social networking site, Orkut, who are suspected of illegal activities such as child pornography. A Brazilian judge hearing the case had
threatened to levy a US$23,000 fine for each day Google refused to comply. Google cooperated with some of the initial requests by the Public Attorney’s Office, but declined to hand
over other information, arguing that the Brazilian government should go through the U.S. court system to get it.