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Brazil: Blog Condemned for Anonymous Comment

Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Freedom of Speech, Law

Biscoito Fino e a Massa [1]details [2] the case of Imprensa Marrom [3], a blog sued [4] for an anonymous comment made in a six month old post. The strange case is getting attention and frightening Brazilian bloggers who are disabling their comments area [5] . Bloggers consider this decision a dangerous precedent in a moment when blog censorship [6] is an issue of great concern in the country.