Meta recently won a legal victory against former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams regarding her memoir 'Careless People' by claiming she violated a non-disparagement agreement. An arbitrator ruled to temporarily prohibit her from promoting her book until arbitration concludes. However, the memoir remains widely available and is currently a bestseller, possibly experiencing the 'Streisand Effect' where suppression efforts increase interest. Macmillan, the book's publisher, criticized Meta's tactics, affirming support for the memoir, and stating that the ruling does not question the book's validity or claims.
The arbitrator's order makes no reference to the claims within 'Careless People.' The book went through a thorough editing and vetting process, and we remain committed to publishing important books such as this.
Wynn-Williams, who worked at Facebook from 2011 to 2017, may have violated the non-disparagement agreement she signed when leaving the company.
As of Sunday afternoon, 'Careless People' was the number three bestselling book across all of Amazon. The attempts to suppress information only serve to further publicize it.
Macmillan, which published 'Careless People' through its imprint Flatiron Books, expressed being appalled by Meta's tactics to silence its author through the use of a non-disparagement clause.
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