In an exclusive interview, Senator Josh Hawley outlined that a whistleblower, former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams, could substantiate allegations that Facebook misled Congress regarding its collaborations with the Chinese government. Wynn-Williams, who will testify before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee, has authored a memoir revealing Meta's past efforts to appease China, including constructing a censorship framework that would aid the Chinese regime. Hawley criticized Meta's attempts to silence Wynn-Williams, alleging this contradicts their public stance on censorship and transparency.
All of this stuff, Facebook has said for years they never did. They’ve always said, 'Oh no, no, we never censored. We never would. We have these values.' What I see here is they have lied to the public and lied to Congress.
Hawley said Wynn-Williams' tell-all reveals how Meta 'worked actively, hand in glove, with the Chinese Communist Party' in a way that allowed Beijing to 'go after dissidents' and put American data at risk.
It's really incredible, for a company that now says they've sworn off censorship. This is an extraordinary thing to go to an American court and ask an American court to pull down a book published in this country.
...including building a 'censorship system' in 2015 that would allow Beijing to block certain words and 'making efforts to hide Meta's cooperation with the CCP from the United States Congress'.
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