Re: How do they get away with not complying with legal orders
Because Facebook is an enormous corporation that gives a lot of lobbying money and campaign fund support, so it will not be treated like you or me, simple citizens.
Then there's the fact that Facebook has it's own army of lawyers who would fight an incarceration tooth and nail, and probably without much trouble.
Finally, there's the fact that jailing company executives for doing the company's bidding is simply not in the law. You fine the company after a lengthy lawsuit, but the people in it are all but immune unless they commit a real crime (ie killing someone, insider trading or such, that cannot be excused by the company).
So what is needed is a change in the law, making executives personally responsible for the behavior of the company - and that is whole other ball game.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
