Google Execs Guilty In Italian Video Case

An Italian court has convicted three Google executives of violating the Italian law of privacy and sentenced them to prison terms (suspended). It acquitted them and a fourth Google executive of violating defamation law. At issue was Google’s failure to delete a video of a minor being abused by others; those individuals have since been tracked down and sentenced. Italian prosecutors said the video violated the young person’s privacy. Google contends that putting responsibility on the company to monitor uploads by third parties would be overwhelming and says it will appeal. Here’s more from the New York Times.