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   Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta   
   exec tells Senate   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Facebook called the accusations "divorced from reality and riddled with false   
   claims".   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook, spoke   
   in front of the Senate   
    - She said the company offered data on US citizens to the Chinese Communist   
   Party in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country   
    - Facebook denied all claims   
      
   A former Meta executive recently spoke in front of the US Congress, accusing   
   Facebook and its CEO of allegedly offering sensitive data on American    
   citizens to the Chinese government, in exchange for being allowed to operate   
   in the country.    
      
   As reported by The Register , Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public   
   Policy at Facebook, spoke in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee's   
   Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism earlier this week.    
      
   During the hearing, she alleged that for her former employer, there was no   
   bridge too far to get into the Chinese market, and that it would do anything   
   to get access to 1.4 billion people living there, including offering data on   
   Americans to the Chinese Communist Party.    
      
   AI and censorship    
      
   The only reason China does not currently have access to US user data through   
   this pipeline is because Congress stepped in, she was cited saying.    
      
   Facebook slammed her testimony, calling it divorced from reality and riddled   
   with false claims, The Register said, citing Meta spokesperson Ryan Daniels.    
      
   While Mark Zuckerberg himself was public about our interest in offering our   
   services in China and details were widely reported beginning over a decade   
   ago, the fact is this: We do not operate our services in China today, the   
   spokesperson added.    
      
   Wynn-Williams did not stop there, either. She also alleged that Meta   
   contributed to Chinas advancements in artificial intelligence, since its    
   Llama AI models were openly available in the country. There were even    
   mentions of military applications of AI. Finally, she also alleged that Meta   
   collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party in developing censorship tools,   
   and then lied about it in the public.    
      
   Some senators commended Wynn-Williams testimony, and the fact that the filed   
   whistleblower complaints with the SEC and the US Department of Justice after   
   leaving the social media business. They commented that Facebook was afraid of   
   the truth coming out and that they would stop at nothing to prevent   
   Wynn-Williams from testifying.    
      
    Via The Register   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/zuckerberg-offered-us-data-to-china-in-   
   bid-to-enter-market-ex-meta-exec-tells-senate   
      
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