A former insider at Meta has come forward with explosive allegations that the tech giant shared sensitive data and proprietary technology with China, raising serious national security concerns. The whistleblower claims that American user information was improperly accessed or exposed, potentially putting millions at risk, while Meta executives looked the other way.
The revelation adds fuel to growing criticism from Republicans who have long warned about Big Tech’s entanglements with foreign adversaries and its lack of accountability to the American people.
Earlier this week, former high-ranking Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before Congress that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, knowingly put Americans’ private data at risk by cooperating with the Chinese government.
She told Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, that “Meta executives repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values.”
During the Senate hearing, Hawley pressed Wynn-Williams on Meta’s handling of Chinese user data, highlighting that Facebook planned to store Chinese user data in China, potentially making it accessible to the Chinese government.
Wynn-Williams confirmed this, adding that Meta was aware of the risk that Chinese servers could also capture communications between American and Chinese users. When asked if Facebook