A Milan appeals court Friday overturned the conviction of three Google managers for violating Italy's privacy laws by allowing the posting of a video showing the bullying of a handicapped student.
The executives—Senior Vice President David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer Peter Fleischer and Chief Privacy Counsel George Reyes—were handed suspended six-month prison sentences by a Milan assize court in February 2010 for allowing the disturbing video to be posted on the Google Video website.
The appeals court upheld the lower court's decision to acquit the three Google executives of defamation, confirming the assize court's acquittal on that charge of Arvind Desikan, the former head of Google Video Europe.
The 2010 verdict set a legal precedent in Europe by holding executives of an Internet operator responsible for content posted on the Web by a third party.
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