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Obviously Facebook should not do something illegal to protect Zuckerberg. However, if there is a legally permitted action that Facebook can take to protect him
by avalys 5y ago
Obviously Facebook should not do something illegal to protect Zuckerberg.
However, if there is a legally permitted action that Facebook can take to protect him personally, and only Facebook can take it, I don't see the problem with them deciding to do so.
If Zuckerberg is accused of a crime as a private citizen, he is of course capable of paying for his own defense. These are the examples you gave but they do not reflect the situation here. The story here is that the FTC wanted Facebook to pay a $5B fine. Not that they made Zuckerberg pay a $5B fine and Facebook decided to reimburse him for the expense.
- cool_dude85 5y ago>If Zuckerberg is accused of a crime as a private citizen, he is of course capable of paying for his own defense. These are the examples you gave but they do not reflect the situation here. The story here is that the FTC wanted Facebook to pay a $5B fine. Not that they made Zuckerberg pay a $5B fine and Facebook decided to reimburse him for the expense. The story here is that Zuck was going to be accused of a crime as a private citizen, until FB decided to up its settlement offer from 100 million to 5 billion.
- jreese 5y agoLegitimate question: what crime would they have accused him of? Or would they just be civil offenses that aren't actually crimes? That is a meaningful distinction, but I haven't managed to read anything talking about what the actual charges would have been. Stealing's a crime; breaking contracts between FB and the FTC is not.
- JohnFen 5y agoThere are many, many things that are legal but are still corrupt, wrong, and despicable.