There's 'Serious, Specific Concerns': Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Could Be Held In Contempt Of Congress By Jim Jordan

A new report has revealed that the Republican Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), is seriously considering a motion to charge Meta's Mark Zuckerberg with contempt of Congress, and the charge could come as soon as next week.

According to Fox Business, a source with reputed knowledge of the situation has said that Meta— parent corporation of Facebook and Instagram— has refused congressional demands to provide internal communications regarding the firm's extensive censorship enterprise.

Jordan's efforts to bring the social media giant to heel resulted in a subpoena requiring the documentation in February of this year, in addition to data from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. That was a full five months ago.

"The House Judiciary Committee has repeatedly attempted to engage with the five companies since last December. Unfortunately, the companies have not adequately complied with our requests," the committee said in a press release.

As reported by the outlet, Jordan followed up with Meta in May warning them to comply with the congressional subpoena to no avail.

In a letter to Zuckerberg sent July 17th, Jordan made it clear that the subpoena is ongoing and requires all information pertaining to the new 'Threads by Instagram' application as well.

"The Committee’s February 15 subpoena to Meta requires, among other things, the production of material concerning Meta’s engagement with the Executive Branch and Meta’s decisions and policies regarding content moderation. 11 The subpoena is continuing in nature, and the instructions and definitions accompanying the subpoena make clear that documents and information related to Threads, a social media platform as described and marketed by Meta, are within the scope of the subpoena.Thus, to aid the Committee’s oversight obligations, we ask that you please produce all documents and information related to Threads that are responsive to the terms of the Committee’s subpoena. Please produce all documents and information as soon as possible but no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 31, 2023. In addition, please treat these discovery obligations as ongoing and applicable to any information generated after receipt of this letter."

"Threads raises serious, specific concerns because it has been marketed as a rival of Elon Musk's Twitter, which has faced political persecution from the Biden Administration following Musk's commitment to free speech," Jordan explained.

"If Meta fails to comply in full with the subpoena's demands, the Committee may be forced to consider the use of one or more enforcement mechanisms," he added.

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