'I think he ought to be held personally accountable,' Sen. Ron Wyden says of Mark Zuckerberg.
“Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy. 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.” Those are the words of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who said Facebook Inc.’s chief executive should face serious consequences for misuse of consumers’ personal data.
Wyden introduced a bill in 2018 that would give the Federal Trade Commission expanded powers to punish companies that violate consumers’ data privacy, including steep fines and potential prison time for executives. Facebook is not the only subject of Wyden’s ire. Speaking in July after the government’s $700 million settlement with Equifax Inc. EFX, -0.52% over its 2017 data breach, Wyden said: “Equifax leaders knew its security was pitifully weak and yet did nothing to correct it, according to the FTC. In a just world, these executives would be going to jail.”
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