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Is Facebook finished? 'We're not far from Zuckerberg getting subpoenaed'
- paulddraper 8y agoI though Zuckerburg was already subpoenaed?
- rtkwe 8y agoI don't believe he has received an actual subpeona from anyone yet. The US Congress requested he appear but didn't issue a subpeona which would have compelled testimony (because he came when they asked). A quick Google search looks like the UK Parliament didn't issue a subpeona (or whatever the equivalent there would be). Maybe you're thinking of those two times? A request like the Congressional one isn't as serious as a full subpeona specifically because you can decline (though it's usually not the best idea).
- sschueller 8y agoHe was also not under oath so it was basically just a sideshow.
- dragonwriter 8y agoLying to Congress (or any part of the federal government) on a matter within it's area of responsibility (which for Congress is universal) is a crime whether or not it's under oath. (Fraud against the United States, whether or not it's also perjury.) Congress and anyone with competent counsel appearing before Congress realize that, even if lay audiences sometimes don't. So, while neither is simply a sideshow, it's the sworn testimony that involves a theatrical display for the uninformed.
- paulddraper 8y agoI was thinking of the time US Congress requested his testimony. (Which I was I had thought a subpeona is.)