(Bloomberg) -- Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Meta Platforms Inc. executive-turned-whistleblower, testified before Congress that the social media giant threatened US interests while cozying up to China — claims the company said are false.
Wynn-Williams, who served as director of global public policy for the company until she left in 2017, told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Wednesday that she witnessed executives undermining US national security. The testimony included allegations that Meta, formerly called Facebook, offered censorship tools to China and helped the country advance in an artificial intelligence arms race.
“Meta started briefing the Chinese Communist Party as early as 2015,” said Wynn-Williams, who recently published a memoir titled Careless People about her experience at Facebook. “These briefings focused on critical emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. The explicit goal being to help China outcompete American companies.” These briefings took place at “every level” of the company, including with its leadership, she said.
In her testimony, Wynn-Williams suggested that there’s a “straight line” to draw from these briefings to China’s current use of Meta’s AI tools to build out its military capabilities. She pointed to reporting from Reuters that alleges that Chinese researchers linked to the People’s Liberation Army developed an AI model for military use based on Meta’s...
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