Due to complaints appeared from Brazil about offensive content, Google the search giant in August removed ads from Orkut. This move came after a Brazilian nonprofit organization, SaferNet, lodged a protest with a Brazilian advertising body.

SaferNet suspected that Orkut comprises child pornography and other unlawful content on some user's pages. Google states it had removed such pictures when it becomes aware of them. Google in turn faced a wave of legal defy in Brazil, Latin America's largest advertising market.