Meta takes aim at ex-employee’s memoir ‘Careless People’

Meta won a legal victory this week against Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former employee who recently published a memoir of her time at the company titled “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.” An arbitrator ruled that the company has made a valid argument that Wynn-Williams, who worked at Facebook (now Meta) from 2011 to 2017, may have violated the non-disparagement agreement she signed when leaving the company. The ruling states that Wynn-Williams is temporarily prohibited from promoting — or, “to the extent within [her] control, from further publishing or distributing” — her book until private arbitration concludes. However, “Careless People” remains available for purchase, and may in fact be benefitting from the “Streisand Effect,” in which attempts to suppress information only serve to further publicize it. As of Sunday afternoon, “Careless People” was the number three bestselling book on Amazon. Macmillan, which published “Careless People” through it ... Read full article.