{"id":9323,"date":"2025-04-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9323"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:57:53","slug":"pirate-news-facebook-whistleblower-testifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/pirate-news-facebook-whistleblower-testifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate News: Facebook whistleblower testifies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joe and James discuss testimony by whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was formerly Facebook\/Meta&#8217;s global public policy director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jtmNP3uZCQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/support-the-pirate-party\">volunteer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Join us on<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Mastodon<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masspirates\">Facebook<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/masspirates.bsky.social\">Blue Sky<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masspirates\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some links we mentioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/social-media\/ex-facebook-employee-congress-company-sarah-wynn-williams-meta-senate-rcna200334\">Ex-Facebook employee to tell Congress the company undermined U.S. national security<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/senate-committee\/meta-whistleblower-testifies-on-facebook-practices\/658354\">C-SPAN: Meta Whistleblower Testifies on Facebook Practices<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f3DAnORfgB8\">FULL HEARING: Facebook Whistleblower Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/about\/copyrightsAndLicensing\/\">C-SPAN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe and James discuss testimony by whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 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