Nigel Harper, 22 June 2009
Four Google executives are to appear before an Italian court tomorrow in a trial that could affect the future of online video-sharing services.The trial, which has been delayed several times after it began February, relates to a video posted on Google's Italian video sharing website in 2006 of four teenagers mocking a disabled classmate.
The video was viewed thousands of times over a two-month period before being removed by Google after the Italian government and police intervened.
After a two-year investigation, Italian authorities charged the four Google executives with failing to protect personal data.
Source: ComputerWeekly.com
