Federal Police of Sao Paulo announced Wednesday, September 26, 2012 arrest of the president of Google Brazil, Fabio Silva José Coelho, Sao Paulo, not removing videos posted on YouTube slandering a candidate in the upcoming municipal elections.
However, "as it is a misdemeanor (minor), although he was taken to the headquarters of the Federal Police, there will not be held," police said in a statement.
Justice of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Central West) had ordered the arrest of the President of Brazil believed that Google had committed a crime of "disobedience" by not removing sharing site YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, the video contained "slander, libel and slander" against Alcides Bernal, candidate for mayor of Campo Grande, the capital of the state. This act of disobedience planned in the Electoral Code is punishable by one year in prison, police said in Sao Paulo. Justice of Mato Grosso do Sul had also demanded the suspension of the sharing site YouTube videos to Campo Grande and throughout the state for 24 hours.
"Google appealed the decision which decreed the removal of YouTube videos because as a platform, Google is not responsible for the content posted on its website", said Tuesday AFP spokesman Google
However, "as it is a misdemeanor (minor), although he was taken to the headquarters of the Federal Police, there will not be held," police said in a statement.
Justice of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Central West) had ordered the arrest of the President of Brazil believed that Google had committed a crime of "disobedience" by not removing sharing site YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, the video contained "slander, libel and slander" against Alcides Bernal, candidate for mayor of Campo Grande, the capital of the state. This act of disobedience planned in the Electoral Code is punishable by one year in prison, police said in Sao Paulo. Justice of Mato Grosso do Sul had also demanded the suspension of the sharing site YouTube videos to Campo Grande and throughout the state for 24 hours.
"Google appealed the decision which decreed the removal of YouTube videos because as a platform, Google is not responsible for the content posted on its website", said Tuesday AFP spokesman Google
