Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.

South Korea's top court on Thursday rejected social media giant Meta's appeal against a 6.7 billion-won (US$4.6 million) fine imposed by the data protection watchdog for sharing user information without their consent,

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms is facing fresh scrutiny after a whistleblower accused the company of using extreme measures to censor content and quash political dissent in a bid to gain access to the Chinese market.

Meta (NASDAQ:META) was willing to censor political content and shut down political dissent in a failed attempt to enter the lucrative Chinese market, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing a whistleblower complaint by a former global policy director at the company.