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latest whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, received strong support from lawmakers during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Wednesday, where she accused CEO Mark Zuckerberg of shaping Meta's policies to curry favor with powerful governments, including China, while silencing dissenting voices.
What Happened: Wynn-Williams, a former policy director at Meta from 2011 to 2017, alleged that the company built censorship tools for the Chinese Communist Party and provided data on American users, all in pursuit of expansion into the Chinese market, reported The Verge.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Zuckerberg's sudden rebranding as a free speech advocate, asking, "Do you buy this latest reinvention of Mark Zuckerberg?"
Wynn-Williams responded, "If he is such a fan of freedom of speech, why is he trying to silence me?"
He is a "man who wears many different costumes," she told lawmakers. "When I was there, he wanted the president of China to name his first child. He was learning Mandarin, he was censoring to his heart's content. Now his new costume is MMA fighting or free speech."
The whistleblower said Meta had pressured her through legal channels, obtaining an arbitration order to prevent her from promoting her book, Careless People, which accuses Meta of misconduct and harassment by a top executive.
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