“Over the last two years, nearly 90 percent of the 56,000 pedophilia complaints in Brazil on the Internet were related to Orkut” – AFP Brazil
“Google Brazil is legally obligated to comply with this order, and it is Google’s policy to comply with valid judicial process,” – News.com
“Google may implement in the next few months a filter blocking child pornography that could also help notify authorities about cases of pedophilia” – Google Chief, Brazil
Google has been under fire by Brazilian prosecutors who are blaming Google’s Orkut for rise in Child Pornography in Brazil. According to Sergio – “The dissemination of Orkut in Brazil has turned the country into a distributor of child pornography and Google doesn’t seem to be worried by that.” . August 2007, Google was baffled by one after the other charges by Brazilian Prosecutors
Google in retaliation has assured the concerned that it may install filters to combat and stop child pornography on orkut this June. Google Chief, Brazil assured that Google would be installing specialized filters to try and stem the flood of child porn, and that instead of its current policy of 30 days, it would now store up to six months of personal records on any user who accessed or passed on such despicable material. The search engine giant also said that it would “advise” authorities on such matters and give them copies of the criminal texts and images, as of June 2008. #
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