Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism on Wednesday.

The big picture: The former global public policy director at Facebook, now Meta, will allege that Facebook cooperated with China's ruling Communist Party, per her opening testimony, as seen by Axios.

• Wynn-Williams' bestselling memoir on her negative experience of working for the tech giant from 2011-2017 was published last month. Meta obtained an emergency ruling blocking her from promoting the book.

What she's saying: "Throughout those seven years, I saw Meta executives repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values," the prepared opening testimony of Wynn-Williams reads.

• "They did these things in secret to win favor with Beijing and build an $18 billion dollar business in China," the former New Zealand diplomat will say.
• "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," per the opening testimony.
• Wynn-Williams will say she's appearing before the committee "to set the record straight about these illegal and dangerous activities," per the prepared testimony.

The other side: Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in a Tuesday evening emailed statement called the testimony "divorced from reality and riddled with false claims."

• He added: "While [Meta CEO] Mark Zuckerberg himself was public about our...

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