Meta Seeks to Block Ex-Employee’s Memoir Alleging Harassment and Misconduct
Meta is trying to block Careless People, a memoir by ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams, over misconduct allegations.
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Meta Seeks to Block Ex-Employee’s Memoir Alleging Harassment and Misconduct
An arbitrator has decided in favor of Meta in a case the company brought against Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Meta employee who wrote a memoir published this week detailing alleged claims of misconduct at the company. Macmillan Publishers and its imprint that published the memoir, Flatiron Books, were also named as respondents. Image:Google The memoir, titled Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, details alleged claims of sexual harassment, including by current policy chief Joel Kaplan, who was her boss, according to NBC News. In the decision, the arbitrator said Wynn-Williams must stop making disparaging remarks against Meta and its employees and, to the extent that she can control, cease further promoting the book, further publishing the book, and further repetition of previous disparaging remarks. The decision also says she must retract disparaging remarks from where they have appeared. However, it’s unclear if this arbitrator actually has the autho…
