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Brazilian prosecutors seek lawsuit against Google

August 21st, 2006 Leave a comment Go to comments

Brazilian prosecutors asked a federal judge today for permission to file a civil lawsuit against Google Inc., alleging it was withholding user information required for a separate criminal investigation.
The federal prosecutor’s office in Sao Paulo alleges that several community pages on Google’s popular social network site, Orkut, have been used to organize criminal activity and promote child pornography.The prosecutors want Google to pay a $61 million fine and asked that if it refuses to comply with its information request, its Brazilian unit be dissolved.Source: Reuters

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