In Congressional Testimony, Whistleblower Accuses Meta of Aiding China’s Censorship

The former Facebook executive accused the company of working to help China ‘out-compete’ U.S. companies.

Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of Global Public Policy at Facebook, prepares to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 9, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images

A former Facebook executive told Congress on April 9 that she watched her former coworkers “repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values” in their dealings with China.

“They did these things in secret to win favor with Beijing and build an $18 billion business in China,” Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before a panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Meta has denied the accusations.