Meta whistleblower alleges it compromised national security

Facebook’s former policy director Sarah Wynn-Williams dropped bombshell allegations on Meta yesterday during her Senate testimony.

She said Meta was compromising US national security to build an $18 billion business in China and accused the company of sharing sensitive information with the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for favors.

She further warned that China is Meta’s second-largest market, and the tech giant’s AI tools helped fuel growth in advanced AI models like Deepseek and the country’s military tech.

Additionally, she claimed the social media giant targeted teens with ads when they were “feeling worthless or helpless.”

Meta allegedly shared this emotional data with advertisers, who pitched products during these low moments, including beauty and weight-loss ads aimed at teen girls.

Meta flatly denied the accusations, calling them “divorced from reality.”

Wynn-Williams recently detailed her seven-year experience at Facebook in her memoir Careless People. Meta took legal action against the book’s publisher.