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Google Execs on Trial in Italy for ‘06 Cellphone Video [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... Google told the New York Times that the employees on trial are David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president and chief legal officer; George Reyes, its former chief financial officer; and Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel; and an executive from the Google Video team in London. At least Fleischer is reportedly appearing in court tomorrow. ...
Google Execs facing jail in Italy
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... According to the NY Times, the officials charged are: David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president and chief legal officer; George Reyes, its former chief financial officer; and Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel. The fourth defendant wasn’t named ...
Google Execs Face Italian Trial For Offensive Video
paidContent —
... Google's statement (via NYT): "We feel that bringing this case to court is totally wrong. It's akin to prosecuting mail service employees for hate speech letters sent in the post. What's more, seeking to hold neutral platforms liable for content posted on them is a direct attack on a free, open Internet. We will continue to vigorously defend our employees in this prosecution." ...
Google on trial in Italy: Should it prevent video publication without consent?
Between the Lines —
... Four executives from Google are about to face criminal charges in Italy and privacy violations. The lawsuit, noted by the New York Times’ Saul Hansell and the ...
Google Execs Face Jail Time For Offensive Video
Mashable! —
... According to the New York Times, four Google executives are facing criminal charges - which might result in jail time - because of an offensive video posted on Google Video in 2006. ...
Google Video Posting May Bring Execs Jail Time
AppScout —
... "To our knowledge, this is the first time an individual has been criminally charged for violation of data protection laws that occurred by the company he or she works for," executive director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Trevor Hughes said in a statement reported by The New York Times. "This suggests that privacy is going to be more of a battleground." ...
Trial Of Google Execs Begins In Italy
WebProNews Feed —
... about it, the company should have kept the footage from appearing in the first place. A precedent for holding sites responsible for third-party content will be set if the execs are convicted. Then there's the issue of personal vs. corporate responsibility to consider. David Drummond is Google's senior vice president and chief legal officer. . Peter Fleischer is Google's global privacy counsel. George Reyes was, until August of 2008, its chief financial officer, and according to Saul Hansell , the fourth executive (who remains unidentified) worked at Google Video in ...
Google: Che Diavolo, Italia?
Digital Daily —
... Google, for its part, insists the charges against the four executives are unwarranted. “As we have repeatedly made clear, our hearts go out to the victim and his family,” the company said in a statement. “We are pleased that as a result of our cooperation the bullies in the video have been identified and punished. We feel that bringing this case to court is totally wrong. It’s akin to prosecuting mail service employees for hate speech letters sent in the post. What’s more, seeking to hold neutral platforms liable for content posted on them is a direct attack ...
News Bits: Google Execs on Trial Over Bully Video
Contentinople: —
... (Nasdaq: GOOG) executives are on trial and facing jail time this week in Italy, over the 2006 posting of a video of four bullies taunting a boy with Down syndrome. The three-minute cellphone video, shot in a Turin classroom, culminated with the 17-year-old boy being hit with a tissue box. One of the bullies posted it to Google Video's Italian site in September 2006, and all four have since been punished. Google quickly removed the video after receiving complaints, but Milan public prosecutor Francesco Cajani argues that it never should have been posted at all, leveling ...
Google execs face jail time in Italy over a user's video
Betanews —
... complaints: one from a user, and one from the Italian Interior Ministry. However, Milan public prosecutor Francesco Cajani is charging Google as an Internet content provider, not as an Internet service provider. Under Italian penal code, Internet content providers are indeed held responsible for third-party content published to their sites. "This is essentially the same law regulating newspaper and television publishers," Bentley wrote in an IAPP newsletter. According to an article in today's ...
Should Google execs be held responsible for illegal video uploads?
Download Squad —
... Four Google executives are in court in Italy today facing charges related to a video that was posted on the Italian version of Google Video in 2006. ...
Around the Web 2.3.09: Motorola losses, Kindle sales, Amazon casual games store
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... dip below zero. But, hey, these days many investors would kill for those kinds of results. Bits
-- Amazon sold half a million Kindles last year, an analyst predicts, saying next year will be even better. AllThingsD
-- Twitter shrinks its logo, causing many frantic tweets. VentureBeat
-- A video posted to Google Video in Italy could land some of the company's executives in jail. Bits
-- EA, Time Warner and Disney report earnings today. Here's a ...
Four Google Executives Charged For An Uploaded Video
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... We are pleased that as a result of our cooperation the bullies in the video have been identified and punished. We feel that bringing this case to court is totally wrong. It’s akin to prosecuting mail service employees for hate speech letters sent in the post. What’s more, seeking to hold neutral platforms liable for content posted on them is a direct attack on a free, open Internet. We will continue to vigorously defend our employees in this prosecution.
[via NYTimes] ...
Google Execs Face Trial In Italy
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... authority responsible for investigating Internet-related crimes. Still, prosecutor Cajani decided that by allowing the 191-second clip onto its site, Google executives had broken the law. "To our knowledge, this is the first time an individual has been criminally charged for violation of data protection laws that occurred by the company he or she works for," Trevor Hughes, executive director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, said in a statement reported by The New York Times . "This suggests that privacy is going to be more of a battleground." ...
