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Facebook’s Alleged Censorship Efforts in China Revealed<\/h2>\n

A report from The Washington Post<\/a> sheds light on allegations made by whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams about Facebook’s attempts to operate in China. According to a 78-page complaint filed with the SEC last April, the company developed a censorship system and considered allowing the Chinese government to access users’ data in the country. These claims were first reported in 2016 by The New York Times<\/a>, which revealed that Facebook had built a content suppression tool to appease China, where it has been blocked since 2009.<\/p>\n

Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook global policy director who was fired in 2017, has written a memoir about her time at the company, Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work<\/a>, which is set to be released this week. According to the complaint, Facebook formed a team in 2014, code-named “Project Aldrin,” to create a version of the platform that would comply with China’s laws.<\/p>\n

The company proposed allowing a Chinese private-equity firm to review content posted by users in China and hiring hundreds of moderators to suppress restricted content, The Washington Post<\/em> reports. In response to the allegations, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone stated that the company’s past interest in the Chinese market is “no secret” and that CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a move away from these efforts in 2019. However, Wynn-Williams’ complaint provides a more detailed account of Facebook’s alleged attempts to gain a Chinese user base. For more information, read The Washington Post<\/em>‘s full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg has since become an advocate for “free expression” and made changes to Meta’s moderation policies. Earlier this year, he announced that Facebook and Instagram would end fact-checking<\/a> and adopt X-style Community Notes instead.<\/p>\n

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