What is almost certain to be a landmark court case on internet privacy and the liability of hosting sites starts tomorrow in an Italian court with Google executives as the defendants. The case began in 2006, when four boys in Turin verbally and physically harassed a classmate with Down’s Syndrome. The boy was so upset…
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McDonald’s: sue our employee instead of us
In November 2008, McDonald’s customers Phillip and Tina Sherman sued McDonald’s Corp., Matthews Management Co., owner of the McDonald’s franchise in Fayetteville, and Aaron Brummley, manager at the restaurant, alleging that an employee uploaded nude photos to the internet from their cell phone which they had accidentally left at the store. In April, a judge…
Google’s trike-cam
Just as the world is beginning to get used to Google cars taking pictures of their neighborhood, now there’s a Google three-wheeler pedaling its way through college campuses and other pedestrian-only areas. The Associated Press has coverage of this. Photo credit: AP photographer Mark Stehle snapped this picture of Google cartographer Dexter Harris riding the…
Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends’ as Well
I posted a story earlier this week about Tagged.com. The New York Times also has an article on Tagged.com, MyLife.com, desktopdating.net, and what appears to be an accelerating problem. ….. I spoke to Greg Tseng, founder and chief executive of Tagged, to ask him what happened. He said all social networking sites invite you to…