Baidu Ends Brazil Operations, Will Now Handle the Brazilian User Base From China

Chinese web search company Baidu is ending its operations in Brazil, five years after it set up shop in the country. From a report: The company will be handling the Brazilian user base for its web services from China. There are currently two employees working on formal procedures related to the firm's local shutdown, according to local newspaper Valor Economico. A representative for the company said there is no formal statement for Baidu's departure from Brazil. It is also unclear whether Yan Di, the Chinese executive responsible for the Brazil operation, will still work for the company. Baidu's plans for the country changed as part of a shift in the company's global strategy. As part of the new plan, the firm started to spin out business units responsible for apps and mobile advertising, as well as financial services, to sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence.

Baidu's fail

[Anonymous Coward]

In Brazil Baidu got a very bad reputation because of its software forced install.

There is a quote created for this: "Do you want to install Baidu? No! Baidu installed successfully!"

And it was very very hard to uninstall any Baidu software.

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[nazsco]

Baidu is leaving brazil to make room for Didi, which got a much stronger foothold by buying local brands.

Re: What will Shakira do?

[Type44Q]

this is gay comment so i pickleback

And nothing was even lost in translation.

Good ridance

[esperto]

Baidu is basically malware, I have fixed countless computers were their software was sneakily installed and was dominated by it, and it is probably a state sponsored spy tool.

Didn't read TFA, but there is a hurdle, if I not mistaken, legally the data of Brazilian people should stay within the country to be accessible by authorities if needed, I doubt they will keep infrastructure here just for that.

Were they ever here?

[Stormwatch]

As a Brazilian, I didn't even know Baidu had a presence here. I never heard of anyone using it at all. They're only known as a malware / scamware company that no sensible person would touch.

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[Mips the Cat]

Indeed, never heard of this malware corp having any grounds here.