An Italian judge convicted three Google executives of privacy violations over a 2006 video depicting a child with Down Syndrome being bullied. What’s more, the search giant was also facing antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators over complaints leveled by three European Internet companies. Continue reading Italy Convicts Google Execs of Privacy Violation Italy Convicts Google Execs of Privacy Violation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:00.

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Mort Zuckerman would like to have more say in government. Rupert Murdoch would like to stop losing money on the New York Post. Their problems may have a common solution.

Filed under: Forecasts , Television , Newspapers , Internet , Media World The internet, the enemy of print newspapers, is, conversely, the friend of television, at least initially in the digital age. The phenomenon, The New York Time s ( NYT ) reported Wednesday, has to do with the promotional effect that the internet’s social dimension has created for television. Specifically, the recent explosive growth and popularity of Facebook (with an astounding 400 million users), has created a new, de-facto ‘office water-cooler chat’ for television.

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