A former Facebook executive told Congress on April 9 that she watched her former coworkers “repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values” in their dealings with China.
They did these things in secret to win favor with Beijing and build an $18 billion business in China,” Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before a panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Meta has denied the accusations.
Wynn-Williams served as the director of global public policy for Facebook, now Meta, from 2011 to 2017. During that time, she said Meta executives “lied about what they were doing with the Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress, and the American public.”
Wynn-Williams’s allegations against Meta, which she detailed in her memoir “Careless People,” include the claim that the company worked “hand-in-glove” with the CCP to custom-build and wield censorship tools against the regime’s 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,” she said, referring to Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, whose Facebook page was removed in 2017.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the panel’s chairman, said that the move followed documented pressure from the CCP to remove the page.
Wynn-Williams also alleged that Meta provided the CCP with access to user data—including that of Americans—and briefings on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies “to help China out-compete American companies.”
Wynn-Williams said, “There’s a straight line you can draw” between those briefings and media reports that China is developing an AI tool for military use based on Meta’s publicly available Llama model.
Meta has denied Wynn-Williams’s allegations and has taken legal action to prevent her from voicing them. An arbitrator’s gag order issued on March 12—just one day after her book release—bars the whistleblower from making any “disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental comments” about her former employer.
A Meta spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that Wynn-Williams’s congressional testimony was “divorced from reality and riddled with false claims.”
“While Mark Zuckerberg himself was public about our interest in offering our services in China and details were widely reported beginning over a decade ago, the fact is this: We do not operate our services in China today,” the spokesperson said.
Hawley was more inclined to believe Wynn-Williams. He noted that Meta “tried desperately to prevent” him from holding the hearing.
“They have stopped at absolutely nothing to prevent today’s testimony. They have absolutely gone to war to try to prevent it,” he said. “They have gone ‘scorched earth’ to prevent her from telling what she knows.”
Issuing a challenge to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Hawley dared the executive to come before the committee and answer Wynn-Williams’s claims.
“Stop trying to silence her,” he said. “Stop trying to gag her. Stop trying to hide behind your lawyers and millions of dollars in legal fees you’re trying to impose on her.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the panel’s ranking Democrat, agreed, holding that Zuckerberg should “come here and tell the truth.”
“They have stopped at absolutely nothing to prevent today’s testimony. They have absolutely gone to war to try to prevent it,” he said. “They have gone ‘scorched earth’ to prevent her from telling what she knows.” Yep, been there done that. I could not figure out the lawlessness of Utah until I read an article the other day that made more sense of what has been happening. I’ll include the link for review. “The Counsel” – Who is running the United States of America
https://intelligencer.today/the-council-who-is-running-the-united-states-of-america/18/07/2024/8132/
There are millions of people that have lost their whole entire life through (AI) Anatomical Terrorism – they’ murdered our lives, wiping out our whole future with our God given potential, in their already-controlling the masses. They’ knew we we’re into the last century for the human race – closing out on the “Church age”. We try not to complain to much to the Lord – we try to preach the gospel when we can – we try to warn of what the Lord calls us to warn of…./ So, learned men such as our beloved Patrick here is invaluable to us folk, whom all the other humans whisper to each other, “You know what they took”, as these men share their wealth of knowledge with “the many” who have hungry ears and are starved for this understanding – which God can use to help others to learn & understand what has been happening, what is continuing and where it will likely lead all things. It’s all a blessing to everyone. I/We know we should help support ministries and other like ministries in what they’re doing – but, many folk have been left to live on S.S.L. & Public Housing and it’s difficult to work certain things like this out (even though it’s elementary, my dear Watson) / Public Housing is a public disgrace for humans if you live here, it’s as a Gaza strip in Israel with pigmented Hamas, Castro’s, and old KKK’s with black hoods – throw in the Crimes of Inhumanities of Computerized Slavery – Sexual Inhumanities – Involuntary Servitude – Anatomical Terrorism that they’ are born & raised living out on White people, which we we’re victimized with / -link that with all the males & females that survived these attacks by it’s passing them by and look what the money makers did in bringing down America and consolidating the world with their vassal states, for their totalitarian system controlling the masses – just in time (their time) for the Rapture of the Church and their” final 7 years of mastery. Thank you to all humans who help each other in so many “little”ways – it really means a great deal. Patrick can write all the books while we can leave a note of Thanks, Hallelujah !