Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Google Executives Absolved of Defamation Charges
In Milan, Italy three Google executives were convicted and arrested for showing an internet video of an autistic boy being abused. Many people were worried that this case would define how sites like You Tube could start pre-screening the videos that are uploaded onto the website. "Prosecutors insisted the case wasn't about censorship but about balancing freedom of expression with the rights of an individual." This case caught the attention of advocacy groups for people with Down syndrome as well. The judge sentenced the executives to a 6-month suspension and absolved them of defamation charges. I think the sentence the judge gave them set a negative precedence...I'm not feeling the outcome of this one.
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What? and why? Society is becoming a bit ridiculous about issues regarding those with disbilities or conditions, and is it because one of Sarah Palin's children has the syndrome (although this is Italy, the same is going on in the U.S)? No one was worried about these types of things before...it just bothers me that when things become "politically correct" then the media and other groups want to gripe!
Sorry if it sounds a bit angry, but it just annoys me that we can't be consistent regarding what we care about and what is of value in our society. Everything seems to change as the wind blows...
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