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• @amanda.omg.lol Amanda Silberling on bluesky

  ^^ above post is re: Zuckerberg.  Hawley says he doesn't trust Zuckerberg's latest reinvention as a Trump ally.

• @amanda.omg.lol Amanda Silberling on bluesky

  Hawley accuses Meta of violating FTC consent decrees on these emails, says that the redacted names on the email he's holding up include high ranking execs

• @stevenlevy Steven Levy on bluesky

  The House subcommittee hearing is a nightmare for Meta—both sides of the aisle are embracing “Careless People” author Sarah Wynn-Williams, and this will be hours of unmitigated Zuckerberg bashing.

• @chancehmiller Chance Miller on threads

  The degree to which Meta botched its response to this book will be studied in PR courses for years to come.

• @judiciarydems @judiciarydems on threads

  🚨 META EXPOSED 🚨 WATCH this Meta whistleblower's FULL EXPOSÉ on the company consistently choosing profit over people, growth over safety.  🔥

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  Pretty stunning testimony here from Sarah Wynn-Williams, the latest Meta whistleblower to come forward, to Sen. @MarshaBlackburn: “Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers.” [video]

• @tech_oversight @tech_oversight on x

  BUT THEIR EMAILS: @HawleyMO with smoking gun evidence showing that @Meta lied about CCP pressure. Meta received direct pressure from the CCP to censor pro-democracy dissidents. They planned it. They discussed it. And they lied about it to then-Senator @marcorubio. [image]

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  “You're compromising with a dying industry rather than dominating it, crushing it.” - Mark Zuckerberg (as recalled in whistleblower's book relayed by @SenAmyKlobuchar) reminds me of reports Campbell Brown told publishers they would be in hospice if they didn't work with Facebook.…

• @hawleymo Josh Hawley on x

  Turns out Meta was targeting vulnerable users—like expectant mothers—with distressing ads If that doesn't spell morally bankrupt, then I don't know what does [video]

• @senhawleypress @senhawleypress on x

  Senator Hawley questions Meta whistleblower: “Here, [Meta is] willing to build data centers, store data in China. “They are willing explicitly to give the Chinese government access to it—& if that means American user data is also compromised, they're willing to do that.” [video]

• @senhawleypress @senhawleypress on x

  Meta Whistleblower to Senator Hawley: Facebook Was Willing to Share User Data w/ Chinese Communist Party [video]

• @hawleymo Josh Hawley on x

  And here you have it, straight from a former Facebook employee . . . Meta was willing to store data in China & give the Chinese government access to it To hell with Americans' user data and personal information It's always been profit & power for Meta [video]

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Meta/Facebook's official position thru its spokesperson that “she is not barred from testifying before Congress” is on the record.  Press should clarify Meta won't go after her for answers under oath.  The whistleblower's book is a jaw-dropping damaging reveal...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Extraordinary exchange in which Chair calls into doubt Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest “costume” pretending to be a MAGA supporter going on Joe Rogan. Brutal back and forth. [video]

• @realdcochrane Daniel Cochrane on x

  Mark Zuckerberg lied about Facebook's collusion with the Chinese Communist Party. Ex-Facebook official, Sarah Wynn-Williams, just told Congress that her former employer offered to help the CCP censor political dissidents and win the AI arms race. @HawleyMO is shining light!

• @hudson_crozier Hudson Crozier on x

  🇨🇳 Former Facebook exec Sarah Wynn-Williams tells Congress the social media platform partook of “illegal and dangerous activities” with China at the expense of America's national security. 🧵 [image]

• @judiciarydems @judiciarydems on x

  Sarah Wynn-Williams is a brave whistleblower. She told the world how Meta is *consistently* choosing profits over people, growth over safety. And she's exposing Meta before Congress. [image]

• @offthepress1 @offthepress1 on x

  🚨WATCH: @MarshaBlackburn grilled a Meta whistleblower about whether Mark Zuckerberg previously dismissed ideas for ways to protect children on the company's platforms. Sarah Wynn-Williams, who worked for Meta until 2017, told the senator she witnessed the company doing just [vide…

• @chuckgrassley Chuck Grassley on x

  2day at JUDIC Crime Sub Cmte hrg Sen Hawley chaired I asked brave Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams abt the company giving up sensitive info2 Chinese communist party She said Mark Zuckerberg personally met w CCP officials Facebook/META must fully answer for their actions

• @senhawleypress @senhawleypress on x

  Senator Hawley's opening statement ahead of Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams' testimony: “This is a hearing Facebook has tried desperately to prevent.” [video]

• @sachalouise Sacha Haworth on x

  This is a really important point. Meta says “What personal risk? she's free to testify to Congress! We love free speech!” Every reporter should be asking @Meta @andymstone & @FrancisBrennan whether they plan to go after Sarah Wynn-Williams for her whistleblower testimony today.

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  As Meta's Andy Stone works overnight criticizing whistleblower testimony today on their role in China, let's not forget Meta worked furiously thru billions in settlements to keep sealed it provided data access to 86,961 developers in China unsealed after court sanctions in 2023. …

• r/facebook r on reddit

  Former Facebook executive tells Senate committee company undermined US national security with China

• @hypervisible @hypervisible on bluesky

  Wynn-Williams “said the company was letting advertisers know when the teens were depressed so they could be served an ad at the best time.”

• @tech_oversight @tech_oversight on x

  Sarah Wynn-Williams quoting an internal discussion with @Meta executives about targeting young people.  “We've got the most valuable segment of the population.  Advertisers want to reach 13-17 year olds, and we have them.  We should be trumpeting that from the rooftops.”

• @ttp_updates @ttp_updates on x

  As Meta lobbied against KOSA as noted by @MarshaBlackburn , it was also repeatedly approving ads targeting kids for drugs, alcohol, gambling, and more. This report- which used images created with Meta's own AI tool - was the 3rd TTP study on ads for kids. https://www.techtranspar…

• @ttp_updates @ttp_updates on x

  .@HawleyMO notes Meta's ad targeting of emotionally vulnerable. TTP found not once, not twice, but THREE separate experiments, some months and even years apart, that Meta repeatedly approved ads targeting teens for extreme weight loss and content promoting eating disorders. [imag…

• r/france r on reddit

  Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’