What’s disturbing is the precedent such a case could set. You wouldn’t be able to run a community web site without risking jail for the content your users post.
GOOGLE executives could be jailed over a video showing a teen with Down’s Syndrome being bullied.
Italian prosecutors have accused four current and former Google executives of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data.
Google strongly denounced the case, calling it “a direct attack on a free, open internet.”
via Italian prosecutors seek jail for Google executives over bullying video | News.com.au.
