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Brazil Legislators Bear Down on Internet Bill

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Brazilian lawmakers continue to focus on an Internet bill that could force U.S. companies like Google Inc. GOOG +0.49%  to open costly data centers in the country amid fallout from allegations of cyberespionage by Washington.

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Richard Salgado, Google's director of Law Enforcement and Information Security, said in the company's U.S. Senate testimony Wednesday that if the Brazil passes the law, Google and other companies that don't comply could be "barred from doing business in one of the world's most significant markets or be obligated to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines."

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