WhistleblowerAid.org client describes to members of Congress how social media companies use AI tools to collect users’ personal data

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 17, 2026 – Meta Whistleblower Dr. Jason Sattizahn testified before members of Congress today about Big Tech’s use of AI surveillance to collect massive amounts of data on its users — with or without consent. U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, co-chair of the House Monopoly Busters Caucus, led the shadow hearing entitled “AI Crossroads: Stopping Big Tech’s Race to Monopolize AI through Surveillance.”

“AI surveillance is already inescapable in the technology we use everyday,” said Dr. Sattizahn. “Grandiose doomsday claims about AI only benefit Meta and other tech companies, because it distracts from this fact and attempts to convince Americans that AI capabilities are beyond their understanding. This is not true. Unfortunately, it is up to all of us to understand how these companies have already siphoned our data without our true consent and push back. We would be foolish to even consider allowing tech companies to regulate themselves, and we should not assume that they will approach policy conversations in good faith. Profit margins drive these companies’ decisions around AI and the use of your data. Period.”

“Jason’s testimony was sobering and straight to the point,” said WhistleblowerAid.org CEO Libby Liu. “As people discuss the potential impacts of AI on humanity, we often miss the fact that tech giants are...

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