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Four Google Officials Facing Charges In Italy For Errant Video
mikesd81 writes to tell us that four Google employees may be facing charges of defamation and failure to control personal data simply because they didn't remove a video of a boy with Down's Syndrome being harassed and eventually hit over the head with a box of tissue, from Google Video. The video was posted in September of 2006 and was removed by Google within a day of receiving the initial complaints, but apparently that isn't fast enough. "Google maintains charges against the employees are unwarranted, Pancini said. Europe's E-commerce Directive exempts service providers from prescreening content before it is publicly posted, he said. Also, the video was technically uploaded to a Google server in the US, not in Italy, Pancini said. 'It was a terrible video,' Pancini said, adding that Google is concerned about the case's impact on censorship on the Internet. The defendants include David C. Drummond, a Google senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer. Pancini said Drummond did paperwork to create Google Italy, but has never lived in the country."
Borders.
Boarders are guests at a Bed and Breakfast. Borders are the invisible imaginary lines people draw on maps.
The election was Tuesday and it's all gone by Friday? SHEESH!!!!
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
Off topic? C'mon! He's responding to a post within the context! He's not talking about how proper coding methods are vital or other things that have no bearing with this discussion thread.
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