Brazil lawyers lean on Google
According to Financial Times, Federal prosecutors in Brazil are threatening to shut down Google's operations in the country after the company refused to hand over information requested by the government. Brazil's Public Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit against the Web search giant demanding information about users of Google's social network, Orkut. The prosecutors say they want the information in order to crack down on child pornographers and others who have used the site for illegal activities. Because data about Orkut's members is stored on its servers in the U.S., Google said it would only cooperate with the Brazilian government under the terms of U.S. law. Prosecutors say they have asked Google more than 30 times, and now claim they have no recourse but to shut down the company's Brazilian operations. Google said it has satisfactorily responded to more than 15 of those requests, but would not say whether it provided all of the details requested.
I personally think we should applause aloud for Google. However, I also think Google should follow the laws where it operates. The problem is that in this Internet age, it is often difficult to define in which country an Internet company is operating.
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