What's the story
In a serious allegation against Meta, former global public policy director at Facebook, Sarah Wynn-Williams, accused the tech giant of compromising national security to build an $18 billion business in China.
Speaking at a recent congressional hearing, Wynn-Williams alleged that Meta's executives granted the Chinese Communist Party access to the data of its users, including Americans.
Her book Careless People, a revealing insider account of her time at Facebook, has climbed into the top 10 on Amazon's best-seller list.
Censorship claims
Wynn-Williams further alleged that Meta worked closely with Beijing to develop censorship tools to suppress critics of the Chinese Communist Party.
She specifically mentioned that Meta complied with China's demand to delete the Facebook account of Guo Wengui, a US-based Chinese dissident.
In response, Meta claimed it unpublished Guo's page and suspended his profile for violating its Community Standards.
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Company's response
Meta has strongly denied Wynn-Williams's allegations.
The company's spokesperson, Ryan Daniels, called her testimony "divorced from reality and riddled with false claims."
Daniels admitted that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly shown interest in providing services in China but added that "the fact is this: we do not operate our services in China today."
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