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Meta wins case over ex-Facebook policy director Sarah Wynn Williams' memoir (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook, New Zealander Sarah Wynn Williams, from promoting or further distributing copies of her book.

Her publisher, Pan Macmillan, said in a statement the book was first person narrative account of what the author herself witnessed during her seven years at the company.

Meta supplied a statement to RNZ, in which it called the book "a mix of out-of-date and previously reported claims about the company and false accusations about our executives".

It said Wynn-Williams ceased working at the company eight years ago, and an investigation at the time found she had made "misleading and unfounded allegations of harassment".

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For those interested it is available in a few places.

Kobo store

Also for those that sail, it is available I am informed on the high seas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I am definitely going to read it now. Streisand effect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's for sale outside the USA which is ironic given all the lip service that shithole country gives to free speech.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meta took a case to the American Arbitration Association, a neutral third party which resolves disputes out of court.

How would that be binding?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My guess is that she signed a contract with Meta that prevented her saying bad things about them, and the contract said that disputes would be handled by an arbitrator of Meta's choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Looks like you are right, that arbitrator was part of her severance package. So she is bound by it but her publisher is not.

Here's a review of the book.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the links. I read through both, I think I will read this book when I get a chance. I already dislike facebook so much that it will be hard to drop any lower on the scale, but it's good to reinforce why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I feel the same way. The book is not going away, I think.