Facebook withdrew from the Chinese market many years ago. An insider claims that Meta collaborated with China for years to harm the USA. However, Meta categorically rejects these allegations as outdated and unrealistic.
For years, Facebook was interested in the huge market in China to establish a better position there. However, the plans failed, and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, withdrew from China.
Now, former Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has stated that Facebook allegedly collaborated with China for years. Wynn-Williams was the Director of Global Public Policy at Facebook from 2011 to 2017. And her allegations are quite serious. In her book “Careless People,” Wynn-Williams makes heavy accusations against the corporation and its top executives. Meanwhile, Meta is taking legal action against the insider’s book.
She claims that Meta attempts to “undermine the national security of the USA and betray American values” in order to “gain favor with Beijing and build an 18 billion dollar business in China.” The English-language magazine ArsTechnica quotes the author as saying:
Meta was willing to compromise its values, sacrifice the safety of its users, and undermine American interests to build its business in China. This has been going on for years, covered up by lies, and continues to this day. I am here [before Congress] at considerable personal risk because you have the power and authority to hold them accountable.
On April 9, 2025, she was heard with her allegations before the US Congress.
Meta: Allegations are outdated and completely unrealistic
How does Facebook/Meta respond? Meta defends itself and stated that Wynn-Williams’s book contains “false accusations” and claims that are “outdated and have been reported previously.”
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech admitting that Facebook never made a deal with China and that Meta was never really allowed into China. At that time, Wynn-Williams had already left the company, which is why Meta accuses her that her statements have nothing to do with reality.
Meta’s spokesperson Andy Stone stated that Meta has not offered its services in China for a while (via arstechnica.com):
While Mark Zuckerberg himself publicly spoke about our interest in offering our services in China, and details were reported over a decade ago, it is a fact: We do not offer our services in China today.
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