Two more videos mocking Thailand's revered king have appeared on YouTube, leading to a pledge from the government Friday to keep its block on the popular video-sharing Web site.

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Google is rumoured to have set aside a $500 million war chest when it bought YouTube, to defend itself from copyright infringement claims.

For evidence that digital information, once set free, cannot be controlled, consider the steamy video of Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli making out with her boyfriend on a Spanish beach and in the water just off shore.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ A time-honored Brazilian pastime _ getting frisky with a significant other on the beach _ has ignited a nationwide debate about Internet freedoms.

Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli said she disagreed with a judge's now-reversed order to ban YouTube in an attempt to stop steamy footage of her from being viewed. But she stopped short of offering an apology.