Peter Fleischer reageert op zijn veroordeling in Italië
February 24th, 2010 | Published in Privacy
Eerder vandaag schreef ik over de Italiaanse rechter die hooggeplaatste Google medewerkers veroordeelde wegens schending van de Italiaanse privacywetgeving. Ondertussen heeft één van de veroordeelden: Peter Fleischer, gereageerd.
I will vigorously appeal today’s verdict in Milan. The judge has decided I am criminally responsible for the actions of some Italian teenagers who uploaded a reprehensible video to Google Video. I knew nothing about the video until after it was removed by Google in compliance with European and Italian law. I was very saddened by the plight of the boy in the video, not least as I have devoted my professional life to preserving and protecting personal privacy rights. Despite this a public prosecutor in Milan has spent 3 years investigating, indicting and successfully prosecuting me and 2 other Google colleagues.
The decision today therefore raises broader questions like the continued operation of many Internet platforms that are the essential foundations of freedom of expression in the digital age.
De uitspraak van de Italiaanse rechter ondermijnt het bestaan van User Created Content platforms!
