While the UK Information Commissioner's Office has set up a Web site warning young Britons that what they post to social networking websites becomes public record, a woman in Italy is learning first hand that her employers follow her actions on the Internet. Anna 'pornoprof' Cirani has been suspended from her teaching duties after it came to light that she also has a thriving career in pornography on Google Video.
I checked out the video (warning: pornographic content. duh.), to see what the fuss was about, and as it turns out, she is quite naked and very much in public during the filming of the video. Surprising to me is the fact that the video itself only has 125,000 views, and appears to be the authentic original video that started the hubbub. There could be made a compelling case, after watching the video, that more people saw her appear naked during the actual filming of the video than have watched it on the web.
Really, then, the question is less of whether appearing in pornography should exclude one from becoming a moulder of young minds, but whether being naked in public is a firing offense in Italy (although, one could argue that porn actresses are already moulders of young minds). As a citizen of these prudish United States, I can't make that judgment call for Italy.
Regardless, one's mind does boggle that folks still think that what goes on the Internet has zero bearing on actual real life.