Sen. Josh Hawley questions Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Facebook, as she testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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In his letter, Hawley lays out allegations made by Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams during a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. Wynn-Williams served as the director of global public policy at Facebook for almost seven years.
Sarah Wynn-Williams is sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Meta on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The dissident that Wynn-Williams referenced was likely Guo Wengui, whose page was temporarily shut down in 2017. At the time, Facebook claimed Wengui violated community standards, according to Reuters.
Then-Sen. Marco Rubio grilled Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch about Wengui’s page in 2017. Stretch denied Facebook was ever pressured by China to delete the page.
Meta denies that it does business in China and refutes Wynn-Williams’ allegations.
"Sarah Wynn-Williams' testimony is divorced from reality and riddled with false claims. While Mark Zuckerberg himself was public about our interest in offering our services in China, and details were widely reported beginning over a decade ago, the fact is this: we do not operate our services in China today," a Meta spokesperson told Fox News.
Fox News’ Alexa Angelus contributed to this report.
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