Re:Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionabl...
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:04PM
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> I don’t see the problem
Facebook entered into a consent decree with the FTC [1]. (Facebook had to do this because it violated promises made to consumers.) Facebook then violated that consent decree. These e-mails may show Mark Zuckerberg--the Chairman, CEO and majority vote holder--complicit in those violations.
One can dig deeper into the privacy and antitrust issues [2], cultural issues and other matters. But at its core, this relates to their flagrantly violating a binding agreement with a federal regulator.
The individual criminal-law analogy would be violating one's parole agreement.
Facebook entered into a consent decree with the FTC [1]. (Facebook had to do this because it violated promises made to consumers.) Facebook then violated that consent decree. These e-mails may show Mark Zuckerberg--the Chairman, CEO and majority vote holder--complicit in those violations.
One can dig deeper into the privacy and antitrust issues [2], cultural issues and other matters. But at its core, this relates to their flagrantly violating a binding agreement with a federal regulator.
The individual criminal-law analogy would be violating one's parole agreement.
[1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2011/11/faceb...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/opinion/privacy-antitrust...