Taipei, April 11 -- A former global policy director at Facebook has testified before the US Senate, alleging that Meta has jeopardised national security and freedom of speech in its dealings with China, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former global policy director at Facebook, stated in a Senate hearing on Wednesday that the content review tool used on Facebook was personally developed and implemented by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg for application in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

She explained that this tool would automatically send a Facebook post for review to a "chief editor" once it surpassed 10,000 views. "The Chinese Communist Party and Mark Zuckerberg share a common goal of silencing their critics. I can att...