Newsmax reported that a Meta spokesperson said her complaint was baseless, pointing to a 2019 Zuckerberg speech in which he said China's censorship rules make operating in the country unworkable.
Hamadeh wrote, "The latest allegations raise urgent questions about whether Meta continues to assist foreign regimes in controlling online discourse or targeting U.S. based dissidents of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] and other totalitarian regimes."
The Arizona Republican has focused on government controls and access to speech. He posted a release on his U.S. House web page that his work was instrumental to a decision by House leaders to block the distribution of China Daily and other publications managed by the CCP at House facilities.