04-13-2008, 01:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2008, 01:59 PM by Twin-Skies.)
Brazilian government to ban Wordpress.com?
Most disturbing; A good deal of the blogs in Brazil speak openly about government corruption.
As for that bit about Brazil's attempts to ban youtube, it's apparently got something to do with a sex video involving model/MTV host Daniela Cicarelli, who was caught on footage by the paparazzi getting nasty with her boyfriend. She was previously married to soccer superstar Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima. The video was subsequently uploaded to Youtube, with Cicarelli attempting to sue the site last December. As a result, to quote the wiki entry -
The block was implemented for a short while, but was retracted a few days later.
Thank God - at least our own celebirties don't ever seem to have the stones (or is it brains?) to go this far to cover up their own scandals.
Quote:In a move similar to Youtube’s block, a brazilian judge ordered all brazilians ISPs to block a Wordpress.com blog. The blog and the reason of the block are still unknow…
According to Abranet, the Brazilian Association of Internet Providers, there’s about 1 million brazilians blogs hosted in Wordpress.com.
The order to block wordpress.com was sent to Abranet who sent it to all associated ISPs. In an interview, Eduardo Parajo, Abranet’s president said: “We must not discuss a court order, we must obey it. Since it’s not possible to block only the blog’s address, all the acces to any wordpress.com sites will be forbidden in Brazil”.
According to Alexa, Wordpress.com ranks the 27th position in Brazil’s most accessed pages.
The decision to block wordpress.com came from the judge Maury Ângelo Bottesini, last month…
Most disturbing; A good deal of the blogs in Brazil speak openly about government corruption.
As for that bit about Brazil's attempts to ban youtube, it's apparently got something to do with a sex video involving model/MTV host Daniela Cicarelli, who was caught on footage by the paparazzi getting nasty with her boyfriend. She was previously married to soccer superstar Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima. The video was subsequently uploaded to Youtube, with Cicarelli attempting to sue the site last December. As a result, to quote the wiki entry -
Quote:...the Supreme Court ordered the site to find a way to permanently block the video from being uploaded on its servers, to shut down their site until such a block can be realized, or to face an order imposed upon Brazilian Internet service providers to block access to YouTube.
The block was implemented for a short while, but was retracted a few days later.
Thank God - at least our own celebirties don't ever seem to have the stones (or is it brains?) to go this far to cover up their own scandals.
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