June 26, 2007
Hit-and-run video posted on YouTube gets man fired
According to The Asahi Shimbun, the owner of a car involved in a hit-and-run (considered aminor collision by the police) was fired after footage of the collision was posted on the YouTube.
"The video shows a white sedan driving away after swiping the front right side of a car. The video was shot with a camcorder from inside the car that was hit.
Clearly displayed is the registration number of the white sedan.
After the video was posted, some viewers began posting private information of the car owner. The man's name, age, address as well as the company he worked at, were posted on Internet bulletin boards and blog sites.
The man's employer, a car repair and conversion company in Saitama Prefecture, announced on its Web site on June 15 that it had fired him after the company was flooded with phone calls."
Other vidoe post stories that aimed to shame.
-- Angry man over loud cellphone call becomes hit movie on youtube (Japan)
-- "dog-sh..-girl" a test of the Internet's Power to Shame (South Korea)
-- Camera phone photo of New York subway employee prompts investigation (USA)
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