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Google is doing it in Brazil. They say it isn't necessary to comply to Brazilian laws because their servers aren't located in Brazil. BTW, it is a lie.

See: ping google.com PING google.com (201.17.31.88) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from c9111f58.virtua.com.br (201.17.31.88): icmp_req=1 ttl=60 time=11.8 ms 64 bytes from c9111f58.virtua.com.br (201.17.31.88): icmp_req=2 ttl=60 time=12.9 ms 64 bytes from c9111f58.virtua.com.br (201.17.31.88): icmp_req=3 ttl=60 time=11.5 ms 64 bytes from c9111f58.virtua.com.br (201.17.31.88): icmp_req=4 ttl=60 time=13.1 ms

I'm in Rio de Janeiro. In 6ms travelling at the speed of ligth, I'd travel 1800km. Florida (the nearest American state) is more than 7000km far from my city.



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