{"id":133103,"date":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133103"},"modified":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","slug":"facebook-and-google-fined-over-morbid-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=133103","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Google fined over ‘morbid’ photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook and Google have been fined 50,000 Brazilian real (\u00a310,000) for failing to block “degrading images” in Brazil, AFP reports.<\/p>\n

Last month, a court granted an injunction to stop graphic images of Brazilian singer Cristiano Araujo, who died in a car crash on 24 June, being shared online.<\/p>\n

Images of the crash site and his body in a morgue had been posted on the web.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a judge ruled Facebook and Google had ignored the ban.<\/p>\n

Judge Denise Gondim de Medonca said the companies had acted in “bad faith” by failing to remove links to the content.<\/p>\n

The injunction was originally granted on 25 June. Judge William Fabian said posting the material online showed “worrying morbidness that is extremely disrespectful”.<\/p>\n

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Araujo had 7.8 million fans on Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He called for “an immediate stop of the dissemination of such degrading images on the worldwide computer web”.<\/p>\n

Companies that failed to comply with the ban faced fines of 10,000 Real (\u00a32,000) a day.<\/p>\n

‘Depictions of death’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BBC has contacted Facebook and Google but the companies have yet to respond.<\/p>\n

Facebook’s community guidelines say it allows some graphic images but removes those “shared for sadistic pleasure”.<\/p>\n

Google’s removal policies say it removes “offensive images” including “depictions of death”.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the Delhi High Court, in India, asked Facebook and Google to “develop a mechanism to keep a check and remove offensive and objectionable material from their web pages”.<\/p>\n

The court threatened to block the websites in India if they failed to comply. Both sites agreed to the court’s directive.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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