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wellboy on May 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple, Facebook, others defy authorities, notify u...

Yeah 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 on May 2, 2014 [–]

I'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.

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