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Send Pichai to jail for a week and watch the CEOs of the biggest companies fall over themselves to comply with court instructions.

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Dont count on it, recent example of a Judge mulling sanctions after blatant disregard of Court order and multiple counts of contempt was 9x $1000 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-nyc-hush-money-trial-... Courts work in different mode when dealing with the rich.

Violating a judge's gag order is, at most, contempt of court which has a max penalty of 30 days confinement and a $1000 fine. Pichai is flirting with destruction of evidence, which is a criminal felony with consequences of up to 20 years in prison. If he were a "normal person", he'd likely be facing this exact charge right now.

Why the CEO instead of the board?

Why not both?

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