Whistleblower’s complaint expands claims that Facebook once established censorship tools to win China

Report from The detailed allegations made by whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams about Facebook in a 78-page complaint filed with the SEC last April, including the company’s establishment of a censorship system that hopes to allow operations in China and believes that the Chinese government can access data from users in the country. Claims Facebook developed, which has been blocked since 2009, first of all, a 2016 report . Wynn-Williams’ memoir about her time on Facebook, come out this week.

Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook global policy director who was fired in 2017, said in a complaint that the company formed a team in 2014 with a focus on creating a Facebook version that would comply with Chinese law, which “Project name Aldrin”, Washington Post Report. In addition to establishing a censorship, it was reported that during negotiations with Chinese officials, the company allowed Chinese private equity firms to review content posted by users in China, and Facebook hired hundreds of hosts dedicated to suppressing restricted content.

In a statement Washington Post Spokesman Andy Stone said the company’s past interest in the Chinese market was “no secret”, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he was rid of those efforts in 2019. But Wynn-Williams’ complaint depicts Facebook (Pre-Meta) allegedly willing to obtain detailed images of the Chinese user base. read Washington Postfull report.

Zuckerberg has and changes how the Meta platform is approaching auditing. Earlier this year, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram will and adopt X-style community notes.

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