Precisely. There is no legal jeopardy for Zuckerberg or Meta to show up and take the 5th. That is very good and how it should be!

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And importantly, yeah, Congress is different. No one disputes that, for example, Congress *could* revoke section 230 and nuke the open Internet as we know it, and investigating how tech companies are using that editorial shield is obviously within their legislative remit

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Has this ever actually happened or is this a purely hypothetical/normative claim? Because hauling in tech execs to ask questions about editorial choices is something that has 100% already happened and I can't recall anyone ever attempting to fight it in the manner you're claiming

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no, Mike, you did not point to a case holding that Congress' subpoena power was limited to inquiries about indisputably unprotected conduct?

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Offering compelled testimony to Congress is not a punishment, what on earth are you talking about? Again: please cite a single case pertaining to this imagined restriction on Congress’s subpoena power.

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