This is a political matter. In every European nation, and even in the USA, if you make N televisions channels telling the same story about the poor boy victim

This is a political matter. In every European nation, and even in the USA, if you make N televisions channels telling the same story about the poor boy victim of youtube you get more or less the same effect I bet. The problem here is that all this is Berlusconi-driven. Guess what happens if everybody switch to youtube and internet instead to see what his ridiculous televisions are pushing? Loss of business. The TV here is full of similar stuff about Facebook, for instance. They are doing an immense government-driven attempt to stop people using internet. Fortunately it's too late for them. To make a parallel with USA, remember when enough communication convinced most americans that Iraq had mass destruction weapons? 90% of people don't think with their own heads. If the government and media are evil it's very hard to stop it. This is not to defend Italy (I'm Italian btw). If we are under the this kind of control is our fault, but this youtube stuff is only the result, not the symptom IMHO.