Meta Blocks Ex-Employee’s Memoir “Careless People” Over Alleged NDA Violation
Meta wins arbitration against ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams, blocking promotion of her memoir on Facebook’s internal policies.
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Meta Blocks Ex-Employee’s Memoir “Careless People” Over Alleged NDA Violation
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.” Image:Jens Büttner/picture alliance / Getty Images An arbitrator ruled that the company has made a valid case 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 across all of Amazon. Mac…
