I have old Facebook and Twitter accounts, maybe some others. I'm old so there's a MySpace account out there. But I've mostly been using reddit the last decade or so, and have migrated to Lemmy. Now, Lemmy is the only social media i use. Recent news got me thinking about this question.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How would that be enforced?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If the court asks you to provide it and you don't, you can go in jail pretty much indefinitely under contempt of court.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    please post a precedent for this, citation requested.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Sure thing.

    Under Rule 37 of the FRCP, a deponent's failure to answer can also be treated as contempt of court. Direct contempt of court is punishable without trial.

    Punitive contempt of court actions serve as a punishment and can include a jail sentence of up to 6 months

    Remedial contempt of court actions place the individual into jail until such time as they agree to remedy a situation

    A 73-year-old Philadelphia lawyer walked out of prison July 10, 2009 after serving 14 years for contempt of court -- the longest term ever served for contempt.

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