Google Surrenders to Brazilian Demands To Censor Political Video
Call it, "don't be evil 2.0"
Google today bowed to demands from Brazil to restrict access to a YouTube video that had attacked a mayoral candidate.
"Late last night, we learned that our final legal appeal has been denied and so now we have no choice but to block the video in Brazil," Fabio Coelho, head of Google's Brazil operations, said in a post today. "We are deeply disappointed that we have never had the full opportunity to argue in court that these were legitimate free speech videos and should remain available in Brazil."
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