Brazil: Google Transparency Reports doesn’t prove press censorship

Brazil: Google Transparency Reports doesn't prove press censorship

Translation posted 5 March 2011 2:45 GMT · View original post [pt]

Countries	Brazil
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Law, Technology, Politics
Languages	Portuguese, English

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Blogger Fernando Marés de Souza unraveled [Pt] the biased interpretation of some Brazilian newspapers and magazines about the Google Transparency Reports: Government Requests. He confirms the report is not about press censorship, as the news circulating about the subject want to believe.

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