Following a two-year investigation, Italian prosecutors reported that they will file criminal charges against Google executives in relation to a video that was uploaded to its site in the summer of 2006. The video, shot with a cell phone, shows a disabled teen being taunted by four of his peers in a classroom in Turin, Italy.Yahoo! News: Italy prepares to charge Google execs (July 25, 2008)

"While we would like to renovate our solidarity to the family of the boy and to the Vividown association, we strongly believe that this proceeding is not about Google video and what happened, but is about the Internet as we know it, an open and free environment. We will keep collaborating with the General Attorney of Milan and the Court in order to prove that all the Googlers under investigations had no involvement in the Vividown case."—A representative for Google ItalyCNet News: Italy to charge Google over taunting video (July 25, 2008)