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https://www.ibtimes.com/mark-zuckerberg-going-jail-us-senator-mentions-prison-time-facebooks-ceo-over-privacy-2821637 [ibtimes.com]
Senator Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon has floated the idea that Mark Zuckerberg has committed crimes by operating the website known as "Facebook."
In an interview published last week, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discussed the consequences he believes Facebook should face for its repeated lies about privacy practices. Specifically, Wyden told Willamette Week that CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg may deserve prison time.
"Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy," Wyden said. "I think he ought to be held personally accountable, which is everything from financial fines to — and let me underline this — the possibility of a prison term. Because he hurt a lot of people. And, by the way, there is a precedent for this: In financial services, if the CEO and the executives lie about the financials, they can be held personally accountable."
The outlet included a citation of University of Oregon professor Tim Gleason who said the odds of Zuckerberg facing criminal action to be "slim."
Also reported at:
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/senator-wants-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-to-potentially-face-prison-term-2019-09-03
- https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/03/senator-wyden-prison-for-facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-should-be-considered.html
- https://www.businessinsider.com/senator-wyden-mark-zuckerberg-prosecution-facebook-privacy-2019-9
(Score: 4, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday September 05 2019, @09:54PM (9 children)
Senator facing re-election says stuff to get his name in the news
(Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 05 2019, @11:18PM (1 child)
Yeah, it can't get much stupider. Facebook? Please! How 'bout Boeing? They killed 346 people, next time they'll try not to waste a second plane. Whoops! Can't touch that! Wells Fargo? Oh never never! Facebook is a nice soft easy target. There's no real money there. It's all fantasy bullshit derivatives. Cut the power, and *POOF*, what? Nothing... Besides, they can just say the CIA made 'em do it.
Rats accusing rats... Change the channel, watch the Brits!
Insane! That these people will be reelected! I noticed that a lot of smart ones are retiring, before the cops get too close...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday September 06 2019, @12:33AM
Hint: Faecebook is not part of the MIC.
Only if you consider the unintended kills.
Otherwise, fighter planes and attack helicopters... who's keeping the count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 05 2019, @11:42PM (6 children)
I can understand the cynicism here, but please actually take the time to check Ron Wyden's history.
Between Net Neutrality, Stingray, Warrent-less eavesdropping, security of personal electronics at borders, and numerous other things, I think he's repeatedly demonstrate he is knowledgeable about technology. Moreover, I suspect 90% of his positions are things which 90% of the users on this website would agree with.
This statement is in line with his past actions, even when not during "an election year."
If you tar all politicians as "they are all the same," then don't be surprised if they all actually act the same, and in a way you don't agree with.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by c0lo on Friday September 06 2019, @12:36AM (5 children)
Ahem... are you sure about that causation relationship?
'Cause you do make it sound like it's the voters who make politicians act as assholes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Friday September 06 2019, @02:18AM (3 children)
>'Cause you do make it sound like it's the voters who make politicians act as assholes.
Isn't it though? We keep re-electing politicians who act like assholes. That's a pretty clear statement that we deem personally profitable behavior as acceptable in our employees.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday September 06 2019, @02:36AM (2 children)
I reckon you'll need to demonstrate that the voters transformed them politicians from decent people into assholes to show a cause-effect relationship.
Otherwise, voting for the asshole you dislike the least when you don't have other choices doesn't actually make them assholes in the first place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 06 2019, @05:25AM
I could direct you to some excellent genetic programming examples of iterated prisoner’s dilemma that tend to indicate this is essentially damn near certainty in probability...
Nah.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday September 06 2019, @02:00PM
I reckon you'll need to demonstrate that the voters transformed them politicians from decent people into assholes to show a cause-effect relationship.
Well, there is Pavlov's famous experiment. B.F. Skinner provides other examples on the effects of conditioning. And then there's Milgram, etc... They all work both ways. But the voters do encourage bad behavior from these people just to get another tax cut/handout, and the politicians' owners know which buttons to push to agitate the voters. Very symbiotic.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 06 2019, @07:14PM
Why yes, I am saying that.
Situation 1: Politician "I can vote for A and get hundreds-of-thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from industry but annoying my voters and maybe get a cushy job afterwards, or I can vote against A and get the support of the voters."
Situation 2: Politician "I can vote for A and get hundreds-of-thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from industry and maybe get a cushy job afterwards, or I can vote against A but the voters won't care because they don't pay attention and won't notice."
Which situation are you proposing? Which situation do you think is better (not "perfect" but "better")?