Brasilia (Brazil), Sept. 26 (ANI): A judge has ordered the arrest of Google's president in Brazil, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, after the company refused to remove some controversial YouTube videos.
Brazilian authorities described the videos as slanderous towards a candidate running for the post of mayor.
The judge ordered the removal of the videos last week, but Google refused to remove them, saying it is not responsible for content posted on its site.
According to the BBC, the videos suggested that Alcides Bernal, a candidate for the post of mayor in the city of Campo Grande, had a criminal background.
Judge Flavio Peren ruled that the videos violated local election laws and asked for them to be removed from the YouTube web site. But, when his missive was ignored, he ordered the arrest of Coelho.
A Google spokesman said it would appeal against the ruling. (ANI)
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