Why Mark Zuckerberg Could face ‘a prison term’


By MYBRANDBOOK


Why Mark Zuckerberg Could face ‘a prison term’

Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy," said Senator Ron Wyden to Portland's Willamette Weekly newspaper.

 

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, should be considered.

 

"He hurt a lot of people," added Mr Wyden who introduced a bill in 2018 that would give the US Federal Trade Commission powers to punish firms that violate consumers' data privacy, MarketWatch reported on Tuesday.

 

"In financial services, if the CEO and the executives lie about the financials, they can be held personally accountable," Mr Wyden added.

 

Facebook was fined $5 billion by the FTC and $100 million by the SEC. Facebook came under fire for exposing private data on 87 million Facebook users to Cambridge Analytica without user permission.

 

An editor’s note from Willamette Week cited a professor from the University of Oregon, Tim Gleason, who said “the likelihood of criminal action is rather slim.” Zuckerberg has dodged shareholder questions about whether he would be willing to step down as Facebook CEO or chairman.

 

Senator Wyden introduced a bill in 2018, the Consumer Data Protection Act, that would give the FTC power to crack down harder on companies who violate consumer privacy. The bill says executives could face up to 20 years in prison and up to a $5 million personal fine.

 

The SEC also announced that Facebook will pay a $100 million fine for misleading investors about the risks it faced from the misuse of user data. “For more than two years, Facebook’s public disclosures presented the risk of misuse of user data as merely hypothetical when Facebook knew that a third-party developer had actually misused Facebook user data,” the SEC said in July.

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