Google and the Law Forbes writer Lee Gomes takes a look at privacy and accountability online - and asks who, if anyone, should be held accountable for distasteful content.

A Milan court convicted three Google Inc executives on Wednesday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with autism by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the site in 2006.

I saw this posted Thursday on WWW.NYTIMES.COM.

"The case suggests that Google was not simply a tool for its users, but no different from any other media company that provides content and could be regulated."

WWW.USATODAY.COM writes: "An Italian court convicted three Google executives of privacy violations because they did not act quickly enough to remove an online video."

My cousin, John,told me about this.

"Google is being challenged on multiple continents with accusations of monopolistic intentions and unfair business practices. The one-time scrappy start-up has become a monolith in its own right, and now finds itself under the same antitrust scrutiny it once supported against its arch-rival Microsoft."

I read this in the Lowell paper and wanted to share it with you.

"Google has delayed the China release of programs such as Gmail and maps that it makes for smartphones running on Android software."

With Google now in the crosshairs of a potential European Union antitrust investigation, it may be useful to remember that generally only successful companies get investigated. In that context, an anti-trust action may be the sincerest form a flattery that regulators and competitors can offer a business.

Maurice Wrote: Here's one for you - "Google Inc has scrapped the China leg of a regional event to show software developers its first smartphone, the Nexus One, in Beijing, its second such move following its threatened pull-out from the country."

Here is an intersting one:

My sister told me about this -

I saw this posted Thursday.

This is the latest news as of February 25th.

I'll post more if I find anything else out.