• Reuters, Friday, January 5, 2007 10:45 AM

A Brazilian court has ordered the shut down of YouTube in the country after a clip showing Brazilian model Daniela Cicarelli having sex on the beach was distributed across the popular video-sharing site.

Cicarelli, an ex-wife of soccer star Ronaldo, has now sued YouTube. The government has responded by complying with her request to shut down the video site until the case, which has dragged on for months according to Reuters, is resolved. For several days, the video was the most viewed in Brazil. Cicarelli seeks $116,000 in damages for each day the clip remains up.

A few questions arise here. First, how is this happening? Why aren't YouTube and parent Google complying with requests to ban the video? Isn't it YouTube's policy to censor sexually explicit videos? This looks like is a mass movement that's overwhelming YouTube's censors.

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