Meta Draws Congress’ Scrutiny Over Ex-Worker’s China Claims

US lawmakers are probing a claim made by a former Facebook employee that Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg lied to Congress about the company’s efforts to launch its social network in China.

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, is leading the charge on examining allegations made by ex-Facebook staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams in her recently published memoir, Careless People, which spotlights the company’s desires to break into the Chinese market in the mid-2010s. Facebook never succeeded in launching its social network in China, and the service is still banned there over censorship issues.