Mark Zuckerberg tried to include Facebook in China, where it was blocked for more than a decade. According to the whistleblower’s report, Zuckerberg and Meta considered some rather unpleasant strategies to achieve this, including reviewing the system and sharing user data.
In this case, the whistleblower was Sarah Wynn-Williams, who filed a 78-page complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Report, Only Washington Postaccusing Facebook of its belief that it gives China’s ruling party the ability to censor content and oppose dissent. The report also includes Meta’s willingness to share user data with China.
Wynn-Williams’ complaint reportedly claimed that Facebook in 2015 created a censorship tool for China that would allow it to delete content or close the site during “social unrest.” Wynn-Williams’ complaint was reportedly fired in 2017 for working on a team that formulates Chinese policies, and reportedly contains internal meta-documents.
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The complaint also claims that Facebook is under pressure to store data on Chinese users in China, which could make it easier for the government to access the information. Facebook is also said to have also considered weakening privacy protections for Hong Kong users to appease China.
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Some of this information is already known. Facebook must Answers to China-centered review tools After anonymous employees sent a letter to the media in 2015. At the time, Meta (and then Facebook) did not deny the existence of the tool, but said it had never been used. “We are studying the Chinese market and we will see what will happen,” Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told investors at the time. According to the report, Facebook eventually gave up on its pursuit of breaking into China in 2019.
News about sharing user data with China is new, but not surprising. Yuanyou’s history of playing User data is fast and loosethe most famous one is Cambridge Analytica scandal. Companies that consider suspicious tactics are also old news. Just last year, Facebook was Secretly view user data In other applications like Snapchat, Amazon, and YouTube, you can better understand user behavior.
The good news is that sharing data with China is not currently on the desktop. As Washington Post Note that if Chinese social media apps fail to find buyers and are banned again next month, Zuckerberg appears to turn his attention to replacing Tiktok. pump, Talk about the sale of Tiktok is still in progress.
