Meta fired back Sunday at whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams’ allegations that Facebook sought to curry favor from China to gain access to its market a decade ago, calling her a disgruntled former employee fired “eight years ago for poor performance.”

Wynn-Williams is releasing a book, “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism,” on Tuesday, exposing the company’s “Project Aldrin” work to gain access to China. Aldrin is a homage to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the first to land a manned spacecraft on the moon.

“This is all pushed by an employee terminated eight years ago for poor performance,” a Meta spokesperson wrote in a statement to Newsmax, noting The Washington Post declined to include the full statement in its report.

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