Google 'should control itself'
Rome - The Milan prosecutor is investigating two legal representatives of Google for being accessories to "aggravated defamation" after the internet search engine posted a video showing the violent bullying of a disabled teenager.
Ansa news agency reported on Friday that the two Americans could be held accountable for not controlling the content of the site, in what might be a landmark case in the regulation of the internet.
The footage, filmed by students in a Turin high school, shows a Down's Syndrome teenager being violently bullied by four students and watched by 15 more without protest.
The four students and the teacher, absent at the time of the bullying but responsible for the class, were also being investigated.
A lawyer from the Guido Camera association welcomed the decision, saying it was "a very important step contributing to shed some light on the world of the internet".
The investigation, the first stage in a judiciary process, was prompted by a complaint from Vividown, a Down's Syndrome campaign group.
News was from www.news24.co.za
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