A former Meta executive told a United States Senate committee that the company briefed China on US artificial intelligence (AI) efforts so it could grow its business there.
"During my time at Meta, company executives lied about what they were doing with the Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress, and the American public," Sarah Wynn-Williams testified, accusing the company of undermining national security.
Wynn-Williams served as director of global public policy at Facebook, now Meta, from 2011 until she was fired in 2017.
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"Throughout those seven years, I saw Meta executives repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values," she continued. "They did these things in secret to win favour with Beijing and build an 18 billion dollar business in China".
Wynn-Williams said Meta "ignored warnings" that building a "physical pipeline" between the US and China would provide China with backdoor access to US user data. The plans never materialized but only because lawmakers stepped in, Wynn-Williams said.
Wynn-Williams is also the author of a book called "Careless People," that detailed her time at the social media company. The book sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on...
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