[HN Gopher] Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U....
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       Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security,
       interests
        
       Author : c420
       Score  : 58 points
       Date   : 2025-04-09 20:34 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (thehill.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (thehill.com)
        
       | 9283409232 wrote:
       | > Meta says it regularly discloses the fact that it generates
       | advertising revenue from advertisers based in China but says that
       | doesn't mean that it operates services in China. It says its
       | services are banned in China.
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       | This is phrasing is very weaselly. All foreign companies in China
       | either partner with or are operated by a domestic company like
       | Alibaba or Tencent. Saying "we don't operate our services in
       | China" is like saying water is wet to people who know what that
       | really means. It doesn't in anyway invalidate the claims made
       | against them.
        
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