3 Google executives Convicted of privacy violations

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.

In the first such criminal trial of its kind, Judge Oscar Magi sentenced the three to a six-month suspended sentence and absolved them of defamation charges. A fourth defendant, charged only with defamation, was acquitted.

Google called the decision “astonishing” and said it would appeal.

All four executives, who were tried in absentia, denied wrongdoing. None was in any way involved with the production of the video or uploading it onto the viewing platform, but prosecutors argued that it shot to the top of a most-viewed list and should have been noticed.

Posted by Saurabh on Feb 24 2010. Filed under Technology, Work. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry