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The case involves a three-minute cellphone video, posted in 2006 to Google Video, in which four youths in Turin tease a boy with Down syndrome. After an Italian advocacy group complained that the video was objectionable, Google quickly removed it from the site. Prosecutors argue that the video should not have been published at all.

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It is rare for Internet company executives to face personal criminal charges and possibly jail time for the actions of their companies. ?To our knowledge, this is the first time an individual has been criminally charged for violation of data protection laws that occurred by the company he or she works for,? said Trevor Hughes, the executive director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, which wrote about the case in its newsletter Monday. ?This suggests that privacy is going to be more of a battleground.?

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