Internet censorship in Brazil
Dec. 21st, 2009 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslBrazil is very far behind when it comes to Internet censorship.
* People have been sued and heavily fined for writing restaurant reviews on their blog.
* YouTube was banned for a week because Daniela Cicarelli complained of a single video that violated her privacy.
* this proposed law puts blogs and social-networking profiles on the same footing as broadcast radio and TV in the weeks prior to an election: you must remain impartial and mention all candidates evenly. i.e. you can't openly support any candidate.
I'd like to see a local EFF -type organization, but I don't.
* People have been sued and heavily fined for writing restaurant reviews on their blog.
* YouTube was banned for a week because Daniela Cicarelli complained of a single video that violated her privacy.
* this proposed law puts blogs and social-networking profiles on the same footing as broadcast radio and TV in the weeks prior to an election: you must remain impartial and mention all candidates evenly. i.e. you can't openly support any candidate.
I'd like to see a local EFF -type organization, but I don't.