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24. February 2010 | 13:31

Google bosses convicted in Italy

Google executives are convicted in Italy after a video showing a teenager with Down’s Syndrome being bullied was posted online. (News Source: BBC News - 09:36:52)

Google execs convicted in Italy over video upload

The three officials get a suspended sentence for privacy violations in a ruling the company calls astonishing. Bullies had posted footage of an autistic boy being abused. Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations Wednesday in Italy because bullies posted a video online of an autistic boy being abused — a case closely watched due to its implications for Internet freedom. (News Source: Los Angeles Times - 11:13:48)

Italy convicts Google executives over bullying video

A court in Milan on Wednesday convicted three Google Italy executives over an Internet video showing a handicapped teenager being bullied, Google spokesman Bill Echikson said. (News Source: Sydney Morning Herald - 12:18:55)

Italy convicts Google executives

A court in Milan has convicted three Google Italy executives over an internet video of handicapped teen. (News Source: BigPond News - 11:32:03)

Google execs convicted in Italy for Down’s video

MILAN, Feb 24 - A Milan court convicted three Google Inc executives today for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with Down’s syndrome by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the site in 2006. Google said it plans to appeal the six-month jail terms given to senior vice-president and chief legal officer David Drummond, former Google Italy board member George De Los Reyes and … (News Source: The Malaysian Insider - 10:44:26)

Antitrust regulator probes Google Italy

Anti-trust regulators have raided the offices of Google in Italy after newspapers complained that the search giant was discriminating against them. (News Source: Times Online - 09:26:17)

Verdict due in Google, YouTube defamation case in Italy

MILAN, Feb 24 - Verdicts were expected on Wednesday on Google executives charged over a bullying video posted on the company’s Italian website, in a case that could set a precedent for Internet content responsibility. The ruling comes as Italy’s government seeks to impose restrictions on hate pages on social networks and as YouTube, owned by Google, is locked in a legal battle with Mediaset … (News Source: The Malaysian Insider - 07:59:26)

3 Google employees given jail terms in Italy for bullying video

In February 2009 we reported that four Google employees were facing trial in Italy due to a video that had been uploaded to Google Video. The video was recorded on a cellphone in 2006 and showed students at a school in Turin bullying an 17-year-old autistic boy. Google removed the video as soon as it […] (News Source: Geek.com - 11:33:49)

Google executives convicted in Italy over abuse video

Three Google executives were convicted on privacy charges in Italy today for allowing a video of an autistic boy being abused to remain online. (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 10:05:37)