Comments on: Italy to charge Google over taunting video

Video from 2006 shows classmates abusing a teenager with Down syndrome in a Turin school. Authorities blame Google for invasion of privacy.

[SlimGem]

It must be frustrating dealing with ignorant bureaucrats like that.
Did they punish the punks who did this and posted it?

[CyR00k]

If we apply this logic to the incident in which President Bush choked on snack food in the oval office the news outlets that broadcast that story, as well as, the journalists would be liable for defamation of character.

Does that mean that TV journalists are criminals who should be prosecuted for breaking a news story? And in this example, the TV broadcaster for airing the channel that ran the news programme?

No of course not, since a person cannot be sued for defamation if the person in question actually did what the first person saw them do. In this case, the persons in question are guilty of harassment and possibly assault, they have no case.

[Gabey8]

Several complete ignoramuses posted a video of themselves making fun of and hitting a classmate with Down Syndrome, probably because they thought it was funny.

Google is responsible for this HOW?

The only people who should be answering for the existence of that video are the jerks who were doing the taunting. They're the ones who need to be held accountable for their own behavior.

[sanenazok]

Welcome to Urope Makes comments like Internet is a bunch of pipes sound technologically advanced.

[Farthing Haypenny]

What is with the euros? The Belgies and French sued Google because it linked to their news stories. Google should sue them back for the money they made on the traffic.

[sal-magnone]

Just another EU Clown Court in action.

[gerrrg]

It took the Italian Magistrate TWO years to investigate. That's half-life of a President's term in office.

Those Italians move slower than the speed of Snail Mail.

[GlennAllen]

All of the Italians I've know and worked with were quite smart... clearly, they weren't magistrates; a politician is a politician is a politician, no matter what country you're in--IQ drops 100 points as soon as you get into office.

[macrhino]

Why stop at Google? What about the ISP who "allowed" the people to post it? How about the Telco whose lines were used by the ISP? And the regulators who are supposed to be stopping this kind of thing? Shouldn't they all be under investigation. This video would not have been posted without the collusion of an electrical utility as well; another investigation? Who made the computer used to upload the video, Dell, perhaps Apple? Are they under investigation?