Italian Conviction of Google Executives Over YouTube Video Overturned
The executives were convicted for not removing a video showing bullying fast enough; it was taken down two hours after authorities alerted Google
An Italian court has overturned the conviction of three Google executives found guilty of breaking Italian law by allowing a video of a bullied teenager to be posted online.
The clip was uploaded in 2006 and had featured a boy with autism.
The employees were given six-month suspended jail sentences in 2010.
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