<story><title>Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43474760</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hannibalhorn</author><text>The right to summon the local corporate representative, legal team, etc.?  Sure.&lt;p&gt;Does every country have the &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; to summon a multinational CEO?  That&amp;#x27;d get crazy really quick, and I doubt it&amp;#x27;d benefit anybody (beyond politicians.)&lt;p&gt;I had the same reaction as the parent comment - to &amp;quot;request&amp;quot; his presence is perfectly fine, but a &amp;quot;summons&amp;quot; would be a bit much...</text></item><item><author>labster</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s a fair trade if you want to continue to run a  business in a country, that country has a right to summon you to explain what your business is doing.</text></item><item><author>MistahKoala</author><text>&amp;#x27;summoned&amp;#x27; ◔_◔&lt;p&gt;For a moment, I feared we were treading the same path beaten by the US Congress with parliamentary extra-territorial over-reach, but it turns out it&amp;#x27;s just the BBC using the wrong words; the chairman of the select committee has merely requested that he give evidence before the committee: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;commons-committees&amp;#x2F;culture-media-and-sport&amp;#x2F;180320%20Chair%20to%20Mark%20Zuckerberg%20re%20oral%20evidence.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;commons-committees&amp;#x2F;cultu...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jeswin</author><text>If you&amp;#x27;ve compromised the details of millions of citizens, then  summoning the CEO doesn&amp;#x27;t seem inappropriate.</text></comment>
<story><title>Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43474760</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hannibalhorn</author><text>The right to summon the local corporate representative, legal team, etc.?  Sure.&lt;p&gt;Does every country have the &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; to summon a multinational CEO?  That&amp;#x27;d get crazy really quick, and I doubt it&amp;#x27;d benefit anybody (beyond politicians.)&lt;p&gt;I had the same reaction as the parent comment - to &amp;quot;request&amp;quot; his presence is perfectly fine, but a &amp;quot;summons&amp;quot; would be a bit much...</text></item><item><author>labster</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s a fair trade if you want to continue to run a  business in a country, that country has a right to summon you to explain what your business is doing.</text></item><item><author>MistahKoala</author><text>&amp;#x27;summoned&amp;#x27; ◔_◔&lt;p&gt;For a moment, I feared we were treading the same path beaten by the US Congress with parliamentary extra-territorial over-reach, but it turns out it&amp;#x27;s just the BBC using the wrong words; the chairman of the select committee has merely requested that he give evidence before the committee: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;commons-committees&amp;#x2F;culture-media-and-sport&amp;#x2F;180320%20Chair%20to%20Mark%20Zuckerberg%20re%20oral%20evidence.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;commons-committees&amp;#x2F;cultu...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tanilama</author><text>CEO, in this case, a celebrity, can walk away, free of consequences, in face of a political disaster? This attitude is pretty problematic</text></comment>