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Google To Shut Down Violent User Groups in Brazil
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:12:45 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Brad Malin <brad.malin () gmail com> Date: May 30, 2006 9:07:44 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Google To Shut Down Violent User Groups in Brazil Hi Dave, this may be of interest to the IP readers. Regards, -brad http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16934 Friday, May 26, 2006 Google To Shut Down Violent User Groups in Brazil In response to a human-rights commission, the search engine will now monitor more closely its website communities. By Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human rights violations. Google agreed to shut down any sites that violate Orkut's terms of service, which forbid ''any illegal or unauthorized purpose,'' after the company met Tuesday with a Brazilian human rights commission, which presented evidence that Brazilians have been using the invitation-only networking site to promote crimes and violence. Orkut is extremely popular in Brazil with some 8 million users, representing about a quarter of all Brazilians who have access to the Internet. In recent years, news reports have linked drug dealing operations and organized fights between soccer fans to Orkut communities. One community allegedly advocated killing the president and planting a bomb in Congress and explained those thing might be done. <snip> Google, however, did not confirm whether or not they would be handing over user data to the Brazilian government, and said it was still waiting Wednesday for Greenhalgh to provide a list of the questionable sites. <snip> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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