Tempero: response to Google court case, Italy

Reference – Google directors given jail sentences for breaching Italian privacy laws (for content posted to YouTube byt third parties): http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/serious-threat-to-web-in-italy.html

Dominic Sparkes, MD, Tempero:

“Many publishers feel the risk of not moderating and relying on alerts from users is worth taking with ‘safe harbour’ providing a cushion against prosecution.  This case has potentially created a landmark ruling for those reactively moderating content on their sites and will send a warning shot across the bows of those operating within Social Media.”

“For sites such as YouTube, moderating every single video is near impossible but such large scale sites are going to have to implement additional protection measures to avoid similar cases.  Law lords are going to have to think carefully about how such a ruling is implemented in the future to avoid an onslaught of appeals and lobbying from many corporations.”

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Note: link to Tempero online media resources: http://www.wavespr.com/client-tempero-the-online-moderation-people/