Sen. Josh Hawley asked Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday to testify before Congress in response to the whistleblower's claim that he “selled our country's security against China's interests.”
A request from Holy (R-Mo.) followed the bomb testimony from Sarawin Williams. This said he lied to Congress about lies from Zuckerberg and other Top Brass on Wednesday, witnessing “repeated weakening of US national security and betraying American values.”
“The public is particularly concerned with national security in the United States, so I deserve to hear your reaction to these serious allegations.” Holy said in the letter Addressed to Zuckerberg.
Holy said his Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hopes Zuckerberg will testify under oath at his second hearing on Wynn Williams' claim, and that his office will appear in partnership with Meta to “find the right time.”
Meta did not immediately respond to a request to post a comment on Holy's letter.
Meta's attempts to enter China ultimately failed, and Zuckerberg abandoned plans to offer Facebook and Instagram in 2019, but the company earns $18 billion a year through advertising sales to Chinese companies.
Wynn-Williams' testimony was plagued by explosive claims about Meta's alleged efforts to gain access to China as part of a secret internal initiative called “Project Aldrin.” She also detailed her six-year stint in Meta from 2011 to 2017 in Scathing Memoir “Ummarine People.”
The whistleblower argued that Metablas explained to the stage party to the Chinese Communist Party on sensitive technologies, including artificial intelligence, “the clear goal is to help China compete with American companies.”
Wynn-Williams said he saw the briefing as part of a “value proposition” that persuades China to grant its products. She said her claims were supported by documentary evidence that she provided Congressional investigators, including internal chat logs from top executives discussed at the hearing.
Holy requested that Zuckerberg respond to the allegations, and another claim that Meta had created a censorship tool at the request of the Chinese Communist Party, which exposed users in Hong Kong and Taiwan and put American data at risk.
The Senate also hopes for Meta's response to allegations that Meta agreed to block its accounts in 2017 run by Chinese billionaire and opposition Guo Wengui after facing pressure from China.
“Her testimony was filled with explosive allegations about your company's willingness to risk American interests, betray American users and Chinese opponents, and lie to Congress,” writes Holy.
Holy said Meta “lied in person” at the 2017 hearing. The top executives said they took action against the accounts through the usual process and refused to interfere with China.
Hawley recently said in an exclusive interview that Wynn-Williams' testimony is an important Litmus test for determining whether or not, and when, Meta executives lied to Congress at past hearings.
Meta vehemently denied Winn Williams' allegations.
“Sarah Wynn Williams' testimony is divorced from reality and is plagued by false claims,” a Meta spokesman said in a statement in response to her claims.
“Mark Zuckerberg himself is public about his interest in providing our services in China, and details were widely reported over a decade ago, but the truth is this: we don't operate our services in China today.”
A company spokesperson previously said Meta took action against Guo's account because her passport number, social security number and home address violated its policy and contained improperly shared data.
Meta has obtained an arbitration order that scrambled to block Wynn-Williams' memoirs from attracting the public's attention and prohibiting the book from promoting or publicly discussing it.
Several senators, including Holy, have blown up the meta trying to try the muzzle with Wynn Williams.
“Mark Zuckerberg, the biggest trick ever pulled, wrapped the American flag around him, calling himself a patriot, and said he hadn't served China while building a $18 billion business over the past decade,” Win Williams said.
Meta says the figures come from the segregated agreement Wynn-Williams signed when he left the company in 2017 and apply to not only non-discrimination but also breach of contract.
