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posted by janrinok on Thursday September 05 2019, @09:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-chance dept.

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."

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  • (Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Friday September 06 2019, @09:26AM (2 children)

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Friday September 06 2019, @09:26AM (#890453) Journal

    agreed.

    You will notice however that even in this relatively intelligent and informed space, not a single person addressed any of my questions about the tremendous ramifications of this moment for tech and law.

    This affects everybody, yet all these people want to do is tell fart jokes. I was expecting at least someone to make an actual point.

    But alas, only you did.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday September 06 2019, @04:22PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 06 2019, @04:22PM (#890592) Journal

    <no-sarcasm>
    As much as I despise Facebook (and Twitter too!) and Zukerberg, I would have to ask: Did Zukerberg break any laws that have a jail time penalty?

    Outrage is one thing. But the administration of justice according to law and procedure is another.
    </no-sarcasm>

    Just give Facebook and Zukerberg a $5000 fine. Or even ten times that. To discourage the undesirable behavior.

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
    • (Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Saturday September 07 2019, @08:07AM

      by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Saturday September 07 2019, @08:07AM (#890882) Journal

      If they can charge assange for aiding the hack of the pentagon, they can charge zuck for aiding in the hack of the entire country.