House hearing FACEBOOK: TRANSPARENCY AND USE OF CONSUMER DATA, April 11, 2018.
Despite the Republican majority, Democrats made this hearing about Russia and Cambridge Analytica. They demanded Facebook produce (i.e., manufacture) data supporting the Russia hoax.
For example, Representative Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) told Zuckerberg:
“So it seems to me from this history that self-regulation, this has proved to me that self-regulation simply does not work. I have a bill, The Secure and Protect Americans Data Act that I hope you will take a look at, very simple bill about setting standards for how you have to make sure that the data is protected, deadlines on when you have to release that information to the public. Certainly it ought to go to the FTC, as well.” –
This is a threat of adverse legislation, a textbook example of government coercion.