The distinguished gentleman from Oregon is suggesting, convincingly IMNSHO, that Mark Zuckerberg should be criminally prosecuted for his regular and consistent lying (fraud) about the privacy and use of data of his users.

I agree, and his opinion applies to Zuckerberg’s routine and persistent fraud.

Also, I agree with with Wyden that section 230 of the CDA prevents does not prevent this.

Fraud, both of his users and his advertisers, is not protected by section 230:

Mark Zuckerberg has “repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said in a recent interview with the Willamette Week, a Portland alternative 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.”

Zuckerberg, Wyden said, has “hurt a lot of people.”

Wyden was talking to the Willamette Week about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law that gives online platforms like Facebook broad immunity for content posted by their users. Wyden was the co-author of the law and has been one of its most ardent defenders ever since.

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But in the last decade, the Internet has become pervasive, and the downsides of unfettered online communication have become more obvious. Major online platforms have responded by beefing up their moderation policies. But critics on both the left and the right have criticized their policies, and some have called for rolling back Section 230.

Wyden argues that the solution is more vigorous enforcement of laws that do still apply to online companies—including laws that require companies to be honest with consumers and investors. Wyden pointed to laws that allow executives to be held personally accountable if they lie about their company’s finances. But Wyden didn’t point to any specific law that could allow such harsh penalties over privacy violations.