Facebook whistleblower testifies that company undermined national security by working with China
A Meta whistleblower testified before Congress Wednesday about how she witnessed the company repeatedly “undermine U.S. national security.”
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook employee who released an explosive memoir last month accusing the social media giant of retaliating against her after she reported sexual misconduct, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism with another revelatory allegation: the company was engaged in “illegal and dangerous activities” with China.
Wynn-Williams worked at Facebook for seven years, starting in 2011. As director of global public policy, she worked closely with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sandberg. Throughout her tenure, she saw company executives “undermine U.S. national security” and said they “lied about what they were doing with the Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress and the American public.”
She he alleged that Meta executives worked hard to “win favor” with leaders in Beijing to build a $18 billion business in China. [Continue reading…]