[sinemetu11]

Probably naive, but what would happen if Google, Facebook, MS just started disclosing everything? What are they going to do shut them down? Seems silly to me that these huge companies can't just give them the middle finger and show them that they're not going to be bullied any longer.

[pjc50]

The individuals responsible for disclosing go to jail?

[polymatter]

Yes, the US government does have the power to forcibly shut down US based multinationals for violating US law and sending the appropriate people to jail. At worst they could forcibly nationalize Facebook if they felt it was part of critical national infrastructure/upset too many voters. And I don't believe they are less scared of a nuclear Iran than they are of MS.

[rhizome]

It would proabably start with something like IRS and SEC audits.