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Google executive queried on video said to violate Brazil election law Sep 26th 2012, 21:42 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Brazil court orders YouTube to remove anti-Islam film 8:11am EDT Google executive in Brazil faces arrest over elections law Tue, Sep 25 2012 Google starts Nexus 7 tablet, content sales in Japan Tue, Sep 25 2012 California judge rules anti-Islam film can stay on YouTube Thu, Sep 20 2012 Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in secret patent talks Thu, Aug 30 2012 Analysis & Opinion U.S. says free speech is the best protection for religious dignity Reinventing video news for your smartphone Google Inc's logo is seen at an office in Seoul in this May 3, 2011 file photograph. Credit: Reuters/Truth Leem/Files SAO PAULO | Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:42pm EDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Google Inc's most senior executive in Brazil was questioned by police and released on Wednesday after the company failed to take down YouTube videos attacking a mayoral candidate in violation of local electoral law. Google is appealing the charges against Fábio José Silva Coelho, who was brought in by federal police in São Paulo and released after he agreed to cooperate with the case, according to a police statement. The questioning came a day after a state court in São Paulo banned an online video that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world, giving Google 10 days to pull the video from its YouTube unit. Google has not been formally notified about that case by legal authorities, according to a spokesman for the company. Taken together, the legal scrutiny represents the strongest pressure Google has faced in Brazil to control third-party content uploaded to its websites and the first time its senior executives have come under such intense fire. "Google is providing clarification to legal authorities," a spokesman for the company in São Paulo said on Wednesday. Coelho was questioned over a case filed in the western state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where a regional electoral court ruled that the executive was at fault for the company's failure to take down online videos in violation of a stringent 1965 Electoral Code. Brazilian electoral law bans campaign ads that "offend the dignity or decorum" of a candidate. The ruling follows a similar decision by another electoral judge in the northeastern state of Paraiba, which also held a senior Google executive responsible for videos in violation of elections laws. That decision was overturned last week. (Reporting by Esteban Israel in Sao Paulo and Leonardo Goy in Brasilia; Writing by Brad Haynes; Editing by Todd Benson and Richard Chang) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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