Agence France Presse:
Google hands over data on suspected pedophiles to Brazil  —  BRASILIA (AFP) — Google on Wednesday handed over data stored by suspected pedophiles on its Orkut social networking site to Brazilian authorities, ceding to pressure to lift its confidentiality duty to its users, officials said.

Agence France Presse:
Brazil Senate orders Google to identify website pedophiles  —  BRASILIA (AFP) — A Brazilian Senate panel ordered Google on Wednesday to give it access to 3,261 profiles containing suspected pedophile material on a highly popular social-networking website.  —  Federal authorities have complained …

Katitza Rodriguez / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EU Search Engine Snooping Mandate Sneaked Into Child Protection Declaration  —  A controversial, surreptitious proposal to compel search engines to store everything that European citizens search for on the Internet has been introduced by a few members of the European Parliament.

Kit Eaton / Fast Company:
Jason Calacanis Wasn't “Force-Joined” to NAMBLA's Facebook Group, Here's Why [Updated: He Was]  —  Facebook's the subject of Jason Calacanis' wrath at the moment.  The tech pundit and occasional prankster (fake iPad review, anyone?) says he just fired off a heated email to Facebook's execs …

Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
False porn accusations underscore Wi-Fi privacy dangers  —  It's unknown how often unsecured routers have brought legal trouble for subscribers.  Besides the criminal investigations, the Internet is full of accounts of people who've had to fight accusations of illegally downloading music or movies.

Erik Sherman / BNET:
Amazon Kills One Pedophilia Book — but Keeps Another  —  Amazon (AMZN) has been caught up in another hurricane of consumer outrage.  This time the reason was a Kindle book on how to make pedophilia safer for both child victims and pedophiles.  But Amazon's protestations that it supports absolute freedom …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Amazon Defends Sale Of Pedophile How-To Guide  —  Earlier today we reported that Amazon is selling a book titled The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure.  The book itself is a disgrace - a how-to guide for pedophiles.  It includes, among other things, tips on how to get away …

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Stupid California Police Warn Parents of Pedobear, the ‘Pedophile Mascot’ (Updated)  —  Pedobear is a meme featuring a cute cartoon bear who pops up wherever people are being creepy about kids on the Internet.  Cops in California don't understand this, and have issued a hilarious warning about Pedobear.

Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Bizarre pornography raid underscores Wi-Fi privacy risks  —  Password-protect your wireless router, or risk falling victim to villains  —  Below:  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” …

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Vigilante Hackers Wage War on Underground Kiddie Porn  —  Just below the surface of the internet sits a network of hidden websites home to some of the worst stuff imaginable.  Now hackers are going after pedophiles hiding in the so-called dark net.  —  Since the beginning of October …