A Meta whistleblower testified Wednesday, April 9, saying she witnessed the company undermine U.S. national security.
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I saw Meta executives repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values
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They did these things in secret to win favor with Beijing and build an $18 billion business in China
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That's the former director of global public policy at Facebook, now Meta
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testifying at a Senate hearing Wednesday about the company's foreign relations. Sarah Wynn Williams claims during her seven years of employment there, starting in 2011
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she witnessed Meta executives lie about what they were doing with the Chinese Communist Party
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Mark Zuckerberg pledged himself a free speech champion. Yet I witnessed Meta work hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party to construct and test
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custom-built censorship tools that silenced and censored their critics. When Beijing demanded that Facebook delete the account of a prominent Chinese dissident living on American soil they did it And then lied to Congress when asked about the incident in a Senate hearing Wynne Williams also testified she witnessed Meta executives provide the Chinese
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Communist Party with user data, including data belonging to Americans. Meta responded to Wynne
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Williams' testimony after multiple news outlets obtained her planned opening statement Tuesday
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ahead of Wednesday's hearing. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone released a statement to NBC News saying
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quote, Sarah Wynne-Williams' testimony is divorced from reality and riddled with false claims
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While Mark Zuckerberg himself was public about our interest in offering our services in China
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and details were widely reported beginning over a decade ago. The fact is this
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we do not operate our services in China today. Republican Senator Josh Hawley and chairman of
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the Senate Judiciary Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee said Mehta tried to stop him from
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holding Wednesday's hearing. Mehta has not responded to that claim. For Straight Arrow
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News, I'm Kaylee Carey. For all your latest news headlines, download the Straight Arrow News app today
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