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A judge has ordered Google to hand over to the Ottawa public school board subscriber information belonging to the accounts of those who posted online a video of an upset student who has autism.

The Internet giant didn’t oppose the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s request for the personal information of the person who posted the video, which the school board said showed an Ottawa police officer and a teacher attempting to calm an agitated student at the Ottawa Technical Secondary School in December 2014.

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The board believes the video — which was posted in February under the title “Kid with autism goes nuts” — was put online by one of its own employees. The board hopes the subscriber information can help to confirm the employee’s identity and further disciplinary proceedings. The board also hoped it could prevent any further postings of the video.

Google didn’t send lawyers to the Superior Court hearing last Tuesday. Instead, the school board’s lawyer told the judge that Google had sent an email two months prior to the hearing indicating it wouldn’t oppose the request. The only thing Google asked was that YouTube be removed as a party to the court proceeding. Google owns YouTube.