Swiss and German privacy watchdogs say they're looking at how Facebook and other sites permit users to upload information about others without their consent. Following Italy’s conviction of three Google executives in absentia over the bullying and beating of an autistic student in Italy in 2006m, the Associated Press is reporting that privacy regulators in Switzerland and Germany are looking into how Facebook, Google, and other Internet services permit their users to upload email addresses, photos, and other information about people without their consent. At issue: two what degree are Internet companies and social networking services responsible for content their members upload, especially if that content includes personal information or likenesses of people who have not consented to having their information published. According to the story, Germany and Swiss data protection commissioners have requested Facebook detail its practices enabling users to upload photographs, email, ...
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