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Senator Blumenthal questioned whether any member of Facebook's security team had voiced concerns regarding the exposure of American user data to potential Chinese spying operations. The response was affirmative—engineers had expressed documented apprehensions, articulating that the proposed operations would indeed permit the Chinese government to access American citizens’ data.
The Red Line of Security Concerns
A poignant moment in the hearing came when an engineer's statement illustrated a stark divide between their personal boundaries and those of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO. While the engineer stated their unease about the risks of the China initiative—articulating it as a "red line"—they noted that such concerns did not align with Zuckerberg's apparent priorities.