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What happens if a company ignores a gag order? What will realistically happen, they won't put Sergey Brin in Jail will they?
by wellboy 12y ago
What happens if a company ignores a gag order? What will realistically happen, they won't put Sergey Brin in Jail will they?
- kijin 12y agoThey will not ignore a legal gag order (court order or national security letter). They will only ignore non-legally-binding requests to keep quiet, which they previously complied with, but which they were never under any obligation to comply with. They won't even refuse to provide data to law enforcement. Today's announcement only concerns whether the person whose data it is gets notified or not.
- tantalor 12y ago> refuse to provide data to law enforcement That would be illegal. They are subject to subpoena, i.e., "under penalty".
- wellboy 12y agoYeah it's illegal, but what the government does is also illegal apparently. So what if a company ignored the gag order, what would REALISTICALLY happen. Will the CEO be jailed or will they not be able to put anybody into prison. Will they have have to pay a $5M fine, will they have to pay a $500M fine? Or will the companies be able to supersede the government.
- lgas 12y agoI'm not sure exactly what would happen but I'd bet against the companies replacing the government by just not complying with a gag order.
- slowmotiony 12y agoThat was not his question now was it?