Facebook Complies with Brazilian Court Order, Avoids Shutdown
 

What basically turned out to be a tempest in a coffee cup, Brazilian authorities warned Facebook management of imminent blocking of the Facebook domain in Brazil if the media giant failed to comply with a court order to remove uploaded images from their pages. However, the judge in the center of the latest dispute, Régis Rodrigues Bonvicino, said: "If Facebook operates in Brazil, it is subject to Braziian laws."

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